Mindfulness
December 12, 2016
Julian R Keith, Mallory E Blackwood, Rano T Mathew et al.
The abilities to stabilize the focus of attention, notice attention lapses, and return attention to an intended object following lapses are precursors for mindfulness. Individuals diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are deficient in the attentional and self-control skills that characterize mindfulness. The present study assessed the relationship between mindfulness...
Australasian Psychiatry
December 2016
Kishani Townshend
Youth mental health disorders are rising across the world. Mindful Parenting could be a potential tool to promote youth mental health. The primary distinction between Mindful Parenting programs and other behavioral parenting programs is the focus on emotional literacy and compassion. However, this emerging field has gaps in its theory and evidence. In order to objectively evaluate the impact of...
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
December 1, 2016
Christine E. Valdez, Andrew M. Sherrill, Michelle M. Lilly
Conventional views purport that mindfulness includes two components: present moment contact (PMC) and nonjudgment. While mindfulness-based interventions that target a broad spectrum of psychopathology, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), emphasize “being present” as a key mechanism toward wellness, researchers have struggled to measure PMC and assess its clinical utility. Is there...
Journal of Religion and Health
December 1, 2016
Xianglong Zeng, Jun Wei, Tian Ps Oei et al.
The concept of self-compassion originated from Buddhism, but very little is known about the utility and functions of this concept among Buddhists. Four hundred and eleven individuals (179 Buddhists and 232 non-Buddhists) completed the survey packages using the self-compassion scale (SCS; Neff in Self Identity 2(3):223-250, 2003a. doi: 10.1080/15298860309027 ). Confirmatory factor analysis...
Developmental Psychology
November 28, 2016
Heidemarie K Laurent, Larissa G Duncan, April Lightcap et al.
Mindfulness in the parenting relationship has been proposed to help both parents and children better regulate stress, though this has not yet been shown at the physiological level. In this study, we tested relations between maternal mindfulness in parenting and both mothers' and their infants' hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity during a dyadic stressor 3 months later....
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
November 19, 2016
Sarah N. Garfinkel, Miranda F Manassei, Giles Hamilton-Fletcher et al.
Interoception refers to the sensing of signals concerning the internal state of the body. Individual differences in interoceptive sensitivity are proposed to account for differences in affective processing, including the expression of anxiety. The majority of investigations of interoceptive accuracy focus on cardiac signals, typically using heartbeat detection tests and self-report measures....
Europe’s Journal of Psychology
November 18, 2016
Andrew P. Allen, Lynda Loughnane
What is the relationship between the creative process and cognition and perception? Lynda Loughnane, a master's student in Art and Process in Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland interviewed Dr Andrew P. Allen about the subject. Areas covered include mindfulness, Type 1 and Type 2 thinking, stage theories of creativity, engagement with the art process and the artwork, phenomenology...
Internet Interventions
November 2016
Tobias Krieger, Dominik Sander Martig, Erik Van den Brink et al.
Low self-compassion has repeatedly been associated with psychopathology. There are many promising face-to-face group format interventions focusing on self-compassion. We investigated the feasibility of an online self-compassion program. A feasibility and proof-of-concept study of an online adapted Mindfulness-based Compassionate Living (MBCL) program. Self-referred participants suffering from...
Psychoneuroendocrinology
November 2016
Suzannah F. Isgett, Sara B Algoe, Aaron J. Boulton et al.
Ample research suggests that social connection reliably generates positive emotions. Oxytocin, a neuropeptide implicated in social cognition and behavior, is one biological mechanism that may influence an individual's capacity to extract positive emotions from social contexts. Because variation in certain genes may indicate underlying neurobiological differences, we tested whether several SNPs...
Consciousness and Cognition
November 1, 2016
Petr Bob, Matthew Laker
According to recent findings stressful experiences may influence various physiological disturbances and also neuroanatomical changes and some studies also show that psychotherapy and meditation may influence brain functions. Traumatic stress is frequently related to a dissociative response that disintegrates conscious experience. In this context, self-reflection is an essential principle in the...