Journal of Nursing Education
July 2004
Amy E Beddoe, Susan O Murphy
This pilot study of baccalaureate nursing students explored the effects of an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course on stress and empathy. The course was intended to provide students with tools to cope with personal and professional stress and to foster empathy through intrapersonal knowing. A convenience sample of 16 students participated in the course, used guided meditation...
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
July 1, 2004
Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits. A meta-analysis.
Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
July 1, 2004
Kirk Warren Brown
112 citations
As mindfulness research advances on a variety of fronts, it has become increasingly important to carefully define and measure the construct.In this commentary, we draw from our recent research experience on these topics in addressing four issues of primary concern to Bishop et al: The nature of mindfulness, the role of acceptance in the phenomenon, the relation between mindfulness and...
Stress and Health
June 10, 2004
Vickie Y. Chang, Oxana Palesh, Rebecca Caldwell et al.
238 citations
Abstract Mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) has grown in popularity over the last two decades, showing efficacy for a variety of health issues. In the current study, we examined the effects of an MBSR intervention on pain, positive states of mind, stress, and mindfulness self‐efficacy. These measures were collected before and following an 8‐week intervention. Post‐intervention levels of...
Psychoneuroendocrinology
May 2004
Linda E. Carlson, Michael Speca, Kamala D. Patel et al.
This study investigated the relationships between a mindfulness-based stress reduction meditation program for early stage breast and prostate cancer patients and quality of life, mood states, stress symptoms, and levels of cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS) and melatonin. Fifty-nine patients with breast cancer and 10 with prostate cancer enrolled in an eight-week Mindfulness-Based...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
April 2004
Kasiganesan Harinath, Anand Sawarup Malhotra, Karan Pal et al.
To evaluate effects of Hatha yoga and Omkar meditation on cardiorespiratory performance, psychologic profile, and melatonin secretion. Thirty healthy men in the age group of 25-35 years volunteered for the study. They were randomly divided in two groups of 15 each. Group 1 subjects served as controls and performed body flexibility exercises for 40 minutes and slow running for 20 minutes during...
American Journal of Hypertension
April 1, 2004
Vernon A Barnes
158 citations
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of stress reduction on blood pressure (BP) in adolescents by the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program. African-American adolescents (aged 16.2 +/- 1.3 years) with high normal systolic BP were randomly assigned to either 4-month TM (n = 50) or health education control (n = 50) groups. Ambulatory 24-h BP measures were recorded at pretest,...
Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
March 31, 2004
Ye-On-Ja Choi
Purpose: This study purports to investigate the effects of Sasimsagwan meditation therapy, one way of Buddhists' ascetic practices conducted to reduce the state anxiety. Methods: The subjects of this study were college students, 34 of whom were grouped as experimental group and 35 as control group. The study is designed as the quasi-experimental research before and after the time lag of...
TheScientificWorldJournal
March 18, 2004
Liora Birnbaum, Aiton Birnbaum
Spiritual concerns are highly relevant, but often ignored, in psychotherapy in general and in suicide in particular. This article presents Internet data and clinical case material bearing on the topic, and describes an innovative therapeutic intervention administered in a group-workshop format with suicide survivors and mental health professionals. The technique incorporates relaxation and...
Contemporary Hypnosis
March 1, 2004
Graham F. Wagstaff, Joana Brunas‐Wagstaff, Jon C. Cole et al.
37 citations
Abstract In the late 1970s and early 1980s considerable publicity was given to the use of hypnosis as a technique to facilitate witness' memory in police investigations. As empirical evidence mounted, however, a number of limitations and disadvantages emerged with regard to the use of hypnosis in this role. As a consequence, hypnosis as an aid in forensic investigations is now treated with...