Stress and Health
August 23, 2005
Mary Lou Galantino, Michael J. Baime, Maureen Maguire et al.
216 citations
Abstract Work stress, burnout, and diminished empathy are prevalent issues for health‐care professionals. Mindfulness meditation (MM) is one commonly used strategy to manage stress. Measuring salivary cortisol allows for the assessment of serum cortisol level, a known stress level indicator. This study evaluated the association of subject‐reported stress symptoms and salivary cortisol in...
August 9, 2005
T. Skorupski
4 citations
It is easy to get the impression from reading the literature that the principal form \nof meditation current today in Theravada Buddhism is a particular type of \ninsight meditation (vipassanii)-one which is keenly recommended by \nadherents. Meditation practice of this kind has in relatively recent years spread \nfrom Burma to other Southern Buddhist countries and even outside the...
Addictive Behaviors
August 2005
Janis Leigh, Sarah Bowen, G Alan Marlatt
A growing body of research suggests that mindfulness-based therapies may be effective in treating a variety of disorders including stress, chronic pain, depression and anxiety. However, there are few valid and reliable measures of mindfulness. Furthermore, mindfulness is often thought to be related to spirituality, given its roots in Buddhist tradition, but empirical studies on this...
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
August 2005
Amy B Wachholtz, Kenneth I Pargament
This study compared secular and spiritual forms of meditation to assess the benefits of a spiritual intervention. Participants were taught a meditation or relaxation technique to practice for 20 min a day for two weeks. After two weeks, participants returned to the lab, practiced their technique for 20 min, and placed their hand in a cold-water bath of 2 degrees C for as long as they could...
Journal of Applied School Psychology
July 6, 2005
Maria Napoli, Paul Rock Krech, Lynn C. Holley
521 citations
Abstract Mindfulness is the cognitive propensity to be aware of what is happening in the moment without judgment or attachment to any particular outcome. This concept flies in the face of modern, Western philosophical outcomes-based thinking about events and activities. This article presents results of a formative evaluation of whether participation in a mindfulness training program affected...
Philosophy East and West
July 1, 2005
Rui Zhu
Scholars have underestimated and misunderstood the distinction between Sōtō and Rinzai, the two major branches of Zen Buddhism, because they have either parroted the sectarian polemics of the schools themselves or, as in the case of prominent scholars Carl Bielefeldt and T. P. Kasulis, dismissed these polemics as deriving from institutional politics rather than substantive doctrinal or...
Choice Reviews Online
July 1, 2005
Hayes, Steven C. 1948-
1,291 citations
1. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the New Behavior Therapies: Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Relationship, Steven C. Hayes2. Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Synthesizing Radical Acceptance with Skillful Means, Clive J. Robins, Henry Schmidt III, and Marsha M. Linehan3. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Theoretical Rationale and Empirical Status, Zindel V. Segal, John D. Teasdale, and J....
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
June 2, 2005
Jean L. Kristeller, Thomas J. Johnson
Abstract. We explore the role of meditative practice in cultivating experiences of compassion, empathy, and altruism and address an apparent paradox: Meditation often is associated with solitary retreat, if not preoccupation with one's own concerns. How, then, does such a practice promote compassion for others? We propose a two‐stage model. The first stage involves disengagement from usual...
Análisis y Modificación de Conducta
June 1, 2005
Andrés Martín-Asuero, Gloria García-Banda, Enric Benito Oliver
6 citations
Este estudio examina la eficacia del programa para la reducción del estnSs denominado Mindfull1BS&-Bassd Stress RBduc:tion (MBSR) con un grupo de 28 voluntarios, en su mayorfa profeSIonales de la salud. El 75% de los participantBS completó el programa y el malestar psicológico de estos se redujo en un 49% según el SCL- 9OR. El mslBStar f(sico también mejoró, con una reducción del 44% de los...
Progress in transplantation
June 2005
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Cynthia R Gross, Xin Ye et al.
In 2001, more than 24000 solid-organ transplant surgeries were performed in the United States. Although survival rates have steadily risen over the past 2 decades, transplant recipients commonly experience a myriad of symptoms after transplantation that compromise quality of life. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia frequently occur despite excellent function of the transplanted organ. Use of...