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Psychotherapy Research March 1, 2003 D. Morgan 1,203 citations
(2003). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse. Psychotherapy Research: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 123-125.
eScholarship 2003 Roger Walsh, Shauna L. Shapiro
An Analysis of Recent Meditation Research and Suggestions for Future Directions Shauna L. Shapiro, Ph.D. University of Arizona Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior University of California Irvine College of Medicine ABSTRACT: Meditation offers a rich and complex field of study. Over the past 40 years, several hundred research studies have dem- onstrated numerous...
Journal of Psychosomatic Research January 2003 Shauna L. Shapiro, Richard R Bootzin, Aurelio J Figueredo et al.
The diagnosis of breast cancer, the most common type of cancer among American women, elicits greater distress than any other diagnosis regardless of prognosis. Therefore, the present study examined the efficacy of a stress reduction intervention for women with breast cancer. As part of a larger, randomized, controlled study of the effects on measures of stress of a mindfulness-based stress...
Holistic Nursing Practice 2003 Kathryn Proulx
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs may mitigate the effects of stress and disease. This integrative review identified 21 clinical studies on MBSR interventions. Although preliminary findings suggest health enhancement from MBSR, controlled, randomized studies, the operationalization of constructs, and qualitative research are needed.
Research on Social Work Practice 2003 David B. Wolf, Neil Abell
Objective: An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of chanting the maha mantra on stress, depression, and the three gunas—sattva (enlightenment), rajas (passion), and tamas (inertia)—described in the Vedas as the basis of human psychology. Primary hypotheses of the study were that the maha mantra group would increase sattva and decrease stress, depression, rajas, and tamas...
Clinical Psychology Science and Practice 2003 John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal, James Williams 215 citations
Evidence suggests mindfulness-based clinical interven-tions are effective. Accepting this, we caution against as-suming that mindfulness can be applied as a generic tech-nique across a range of disorders without formulating how the approach addresses the factors maintaining the disorder in question. Six specific issues are raised: mind-fulness has been found to be unhelpful in some contexts;...
The Humanistic Psychologist 2003 Shauna L. Shapiro, Roger Walsh 111 citations
Abstract Meditation offers a rich and complex field of study. Over the past 40 years, several hundred research studies have demonstrated numerous significant findings including changes in psychological, physiological, and transpersonal realms. This paper attempts to summarize these findings, and to review more recent meditation research. We then suggest directions for future research,...
Holistic Nursing Practice 2003 Ramita Bonadonna 146 citations
Meditation is becoming widely popular as an adjunct to conventional medical therapies. This article reviews the literature regarding the experience of chronic illness, theories about meditation, and clinical effects of this self-care practice. Eastern theories of meditation include Buddhist psychology. The word Buddha means the awakened one, and Buddhist meditators have been called the first...
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine 2003 Pei-Chen Lo, Ming-Liang Huang, Kang-Ming Chang 64 citations
According to the experimental results and practitioners' subjective experience, we report some hypotheses that may account for meditative phenomena during the practice of Zen-Buddhism. Orthodox Zen-Buddhist practitioners, aiming to prove the most original true-self, discover and uncover the inner energy or light on the way towards their goal. Perception of the inner light can be comprehended as...
Family & Community Health 2003 Anna M. Tacón, Jacalyn McComb, Yvonne Caldera et al. 211 citations
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans each year, yet the misperception still exists that cardiovascular disease is not a serious health problem for women. Evidence indicates that anxiety contributes to the development of heart disease. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Kabat-Zinn's mindfulness-based stress reduction program to reduce...