Stanford Humanities Center
October 2, 2026
Marie Huber
Gardens abound in the Persian poetic imaginary and have been the site of symbolic overdetermination for more than a thousand years. Unlike the classical gardens of (other)wordly desire, however, there is a garden that resists domestication to the allegorical order: the stone garden is no self-contained utopia onto which our own longing for shelter from hostile forces can be projected. Instead,...
October 2, 2026
Barry Tse
preprint
Introduction: Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are commonly organized around eight weeks, yet direct experimental evidence on the consequences of varying this architecture is sparse. In a contextual inventory of 39 established programs, 11 of the 15 with an unqualified fixed-week structure used eight weeks.Methods: This rapid review examined direct evidence on assigned program length, session...
JoLS Journal of Life Sciences
October 2, 2026
Paulo Gustavo Tenorio Do Amaral
Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on quality of life in women breast cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Breast.
Family Process
October 2, 2026
Shuang Lu, Christine T Y Ng, Renhui Lyu et al.
Parent and child sociocultural adaptation is essential to migrant family well-being, and community-based mindfulness training may support this process. However, evidence on mindfulness interventions for migrant families remains scarce, particularly those engaging parent and child simultaneously. This study evaluates a parallel parent-child mindfulness intervention targeting sociocultural...
Journal of Professional Nursing
October 2, 2026
Delia Linch, Kimberly Silver Dunker, Melissa D. Duprey et al.
metadata, and formatting for readability.This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form.As such, this version is no longer the Accepted Manuscript, but it is not yet the definitive Version of Record; we are providing this early version to give early visibility of the article.
medRxiv
October 2, 2026
Pierre Champetier, Anaïs Hamel, Stéphane Rehel et al.
preprint
Abstract Study objectives Aging is associated with increased sleep complaints and changes in sleep architecture, microstructure and rest-activity rhythms. Meditation-based interventions have shown benefits on subjective sleep quality, but their effects on objective sleep parameters remain largely underexplored. This study investigated the effects of an 18-month meditation intervention on sleep...
Minerva Psychiatry
October 1, 2026
Francisco Ramos-Espinoza, Chiara Saracini, Boris Lucero et al.
1 citation
BACKGROUND: This systematic review aimed to analyze the available body of published peer-reviewed studies on the effects of Transcendental Meditation (TM) compared with active or passive control groups on stress levels in adults.METHODS: A search was conducted in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and MEDLINE databases for studies published between January 2024 and March 2025. The PRISMA...
JCO Oncology Practice
October 1, 2026
Dalnim Cho, S. Mama, Seokhun Kim et al.
278 Background: Mindfulness meditation has shown promise for reducing physical and psychological distress and enhancing quality of life in cancer patients. Although most prior work has focused on early-stage or non-metastatic patients (particularly women with breast cancer), growing evidence supports its feasibility and benefit in advanced cancer. Yet Black patients, who are disproportionately...
International Journal of Innovations in Science Engineering And Management
October 1, 2026
Objective: The aim of the current study was investigating the efficacy of a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)-informed Mindfulness intervention (DBT-MI) in reducing stress in schoolteachers. It is well accepted that teaching is a high-stress profession, and individuals who experience this may become burned out and perform poorly. This study aims to contribute with empirical evidence about the...
Journal of Educational Innovation and Public Health
October 1, 2026
Dona Ayu Anggela, Andriani Mei Astuti, Totok Wahyudi
Kecemasan adalah masalah emosional umum yang dapat menyertai pasien skizofrenia dan dapat memengaruhi kondisi psikologis serta fungsi sehari-hari mereka. Oleh karena itu, pendekatan non-farmakologis diperlukan sebagai bagian dari perawatan keperawatan psikiatri untuk mendukung manajemen kecemasan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kombinasi terapi pernapasan mindfulness dan...