Sasha Mallya, Alexandra J. Fiocco
Adults over the age of 65 years are now the fastest growing segment of the Canadian population. Although individual differences exist, aging is commonly associated with impairments in executive function and episodic memory. Previous studies have shown that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can improve cognitive function in healthy younger adults, but no studies have yet examined this...
Grant Jones, Franchesca Castro-Ramirez, Maha Al-Suwaidi et al.
BACKGROUND Race-based anxiety is a critical health issue within the Black community. Mindfulness interventions hold promise for treating race-based anxiety in Black Americans; however, there are many barriers that prevent Black Americans from using these treatments, such as low cultural relevance, significant time burdens, and excessive costs. OBJECTIVE This study is a replication and extension...
Donna Balsam, Dawn T Bounds, Amir M Rahmani et al.
BACKGROUND Stress and anxiety during pregnancy are extremely prevalent and are associated with numerous poor outcomes, among the most serious of which are increased rates of preterm birth and low birth weight infants. Research supports that while in-person mindfulness training is effective in reducing pregnancy stress and anxiety, there are barriers limiting accessibility. OBJECTIVE The aim of...
Michael Parrott
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Contemporary leadership development fails to address the internal psychospiritual evolution required for modern complexity. This paper introduces the Atonement framework, a unified approach to leadership that shifts focus from outward tactics to inward developmental processes essential for transformative growth. Using a phenomenological lens grounded in transpersonal development, the framework...
Gaurav Sharma
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This paper proposes a theoretical bridge between three domains that have never been formally connected in the literature on human development, consciousness studies, or philosophy of mind: contemporary physics of information (Wheeler, 1990; Tegmark, 2014; Bostrom, 2003), five-thousand years of convergent contemplative evidence (as reviewed in Paper 2 of this series), and the Grow Your Scope™...
Ioannis Iliakis, Maria Anagnostouli, George P Chrousos
BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the central nervous system, often leading to poor sleep quality and diminished quality of life (QoL) for affected patients. Sleep disturbances in MS do not always correlate linearly with other symptoms such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, or pain. Various approaches, including stress reduction techniques such as...
Wen Xing, Baoxiang Dong, Sahadat Hossain
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Abstract The increasing pressure surrounding academic performance and employment prospects has led to heightened stress and anxiety among college students in China. Mindfulness-based interventions have been paramount in the improvement of biopsychosocial conditions along with mitigating stress and anxiety across various populations. This research has therefore aimed to explore the efficacy of...
Li Sun
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Abstract The increasing use of digital technologies in daily life has led to a growing number of studies in the field of digital psychology. While research in this area has provided valuable insights into the potential benefits and drawbacks of digital technologies for mental health and well-being, there is still much to be learned about the complex relationship between technology and...
Minjung Kim, Jin Young Park, Sehwan Park et al.
BACKGROUND Pregnancy is a vulnerable period for women, exposing them to various mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. The perinatal period is particularly crucial because the mother's mental health significantly affects the mother’s physical health, pregnancy outcomes, fetal development, postnatal outcomes, and infant development. Psychotherapeutic approaches for depression are...
Jyoti Mishra, Dhakshin Ramanathan, Gillian Grennan et al.
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Abstract Interoceptive attention to internal sensory signals is fundamental to mindfulness. However, it is difficult to measure objectively, and the vast majority of investigations of the neural correlates of mindfulness-based attention rely on subjective and retrospective measures of distraction. In this study, we measured consistency of response times on a breath-monitoring task (instruction...