To investigate whether a structured mindfulness training program could reduce anxiety and enhance academic performance among veterinary students in an anesthesiology course. All students enrolled in a second-year veterinary anesthesiology course during 1 term were offered participation in the mindfulness program, with volunteers forming the intervention group and nonparticipants serving as a...
Background: Meditation- and music-based interventions have been associated with cognitive and socio-emotional benefits. However, empirical research examining how classical music meditation informed by Buddhist mindfulness theory relates to metacognitive awareness and empathy remains limited. Objective: The present study examined whether participation in a classical music meditation program was...
This study aimed to test the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Procrastination (MBCT-P) in reducing academic procrastination, as well as explain how MBCT-P can reduce academic procrastination. The research participants were 43 Muslim university students with academic procrastination scores in the medium and high categories who were randomly divided into the experimental...
HealthcareJanuary 21, 2026Emily Santos Montarroyos, Sara Lima, Raimundo Barreto et al.
Background/Objectives: Cancer is a disabling, challenging, and growing global disease. Although early diagnosis and adequate treatment of cancer are developing rapidly, a large part of the population remains without access to specialized services and routinely progresses to uncontrolled pain, poorer quality of life, and suffering. Complementary therapies for pain management and the well-being...
Loneliness, which has reached an all-time high in the United States, has been linked to reduced self-reported empathy. Loving kindness meditation (LKM) is aimed at extending love and kindness to others and has been shown to increase empathy. But whether LKM can reduce loneliness, and whether this corresponds to higher levels of trait empathy, state empathy, and/or neural empathic responding,...
Research suggests that regular mindfulness meditation practice leads to a variety of beneficial outcomes, including improved mood and well-being. Although mindfulness meditation has traditionally been practiced in various forms, the vast majority of the psychological literature on the topic has examined the effects of seated mindfulness exercises. Mindful walking has been practiced for...
Background: First-year nursing students need support to mitigate the effects of stress to improve the health and consistency of the student-to-professional pathway, addressing critical workforce shortages. Yet, evidence-based wellness interventions are underdeveloped and understudied for this population. Method: Using a mixed-methods, single-group, pre-post design, this study evaluated the...
Combat sports athletes are exposed to higher rates of injury, often resulting in increased anxiety and decreased pre-event self-efficacy. Mindfulness may serve as a protective buffer against these psychological effects. This study aimed to examine the relationship between athletic mindfulness and pre-event self-efficacy through competitive anxiety, as well as the moderating role of injury...
Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly prevalent among people with HIV (PWH) and is associated with poor psychological functioning and reduced adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), threatening treatment outcomes. Although the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) have separately demonstrated efficacy for PTSD, no intervention...