Nidhi Parihar, Manish Kumar Verma
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Mindfulness-based programs are implemented at scale in schools, workplaces, and clinics on the assertion that they help people handle stress and function under pressure, yet how mindfulness functions in the stress process remains challenged. This scoping review (Arksey & O’Malley framework; PRISMA-ScR reporting) maps a decade of evidence (2016–2026) on how mindfulness functions as a handling...
B Kalaiyarasi, Dr.Helen Shaji J C
UNSTRUCTURED Background Occupational stress and burnout are pervasive among nurses, adversely affecting their well-being, job satisfaction, and the quality of patient care. Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training has emerged as a potential intervention to mitigate these challenges. Objective The study proposes to evaluate the effectiveness of an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training...
Brianna Paquette, Melanie Grace Albright, Heather Austin et al.
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Youth from historically underserved backgrounds, including those from low-income households or minority groups, are more likely to experience increased stress and anxiety and lower emotional well-being. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are a potentially sustainable, evidence-based method of providing mental health care within the school setting. This paper aimed to offer a foundational...
Giana Khalifa
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Abstract This study examined a mindfulness- and compassion-based professional development program in the Arab education system in Israel, using a quasi-experimental longitudinal design. Teachers in an intervention ( n = 111) and a comparison group ( n = 31) completed questionnaires at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and six-month follow-up. Participation in the program was associated with...
Mario César Toledo, Masaya Okamoto, María Paula Guerra-Domínguez et al.
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Abstract University students globally face increasing mental health challenges, underscoring the urgent need for effective wellbeing interventions. This study evaluated the impact of the Mindfulness and Strengths in Daily Life (MSDL) Program, which is based on the Mindfulness-Based Strengths Program (MBSP), on subjective wellbeing, psychological wellbeing, perceived stress, mindfulness state,...
Hongmeng Zhao, Jiaran Lang, Guodong Yang et al.
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Abstract Purpose Traditional offline Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is poorly accessible for improving perioperative psychological distress in early-stage breast cancer patients, and the efficacy and sustained effect of online MBSR for this population remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an 8-week online MBSR intervention on psychological distress in patients...
Jennifer R Majumdar, Raymond Zakhari, Amy Caramore et al.
BACKGROUND Anxiety is common among patients undergoing ambulatory cancer surgery and can persist into the immediate postoperative period. Mindfulness-based interventions reduce anxiety in oncology populations, but conventional programs can be too intensive for fast-paced perioperative care, and most digital alternatives require apps, accounts, subscriptions, or multiweek engagement. An...
Marcelo Demarzo
Research on mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) has consistently framed home practice as a central therapeutic ingredient. Nevertheless, the empirical literature remains heterogeneous with regard to the amount of practice participants complete, the strength and consistency of associations between practice time and outcomes, and the relative contribution of formal versus informal practice. At...
Ying Zhou, Ping Chen, Yuma Morisaki et al.
BACKGROUND This pilot randomized trial evaluated the immediate effects of a brief yoga intervention on physiological stress markers and emotional state in wellness tourism. OBJECTIVE To test whether a 24-minute yoga session reduces salivary cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase, and increases heart rate (HR) and improves emotional states compared to waitlist control, while exploring individual...
Tom Murray, Thomas McConkie, Matthew D. Sacchet
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Contemplative science is entering a “third wave” that investigates advanced meditative development, including the study of advanced states and practitioners and the phenomenology and neurocognitive correlates of enduring trait transformations (meditative development). This paper argues that these research directions would benefit from the systematic inclusion of adult cognitive-developmental...