This research is entitled “Buddhist innovation with meditation activities and solving the problem of bullying for children and youths,” has three objectives: 1) to examine the current issues related to bullying among children and youth, 2) to develop a Buddhist-based innovation to address bullying for children and youth, and 3) to assess behavioral changes in bullying among children and youth....
Archives of Psychiatric NursingNovember 19, 2025Sonia Ortiz-Moreno, David Giménez‐Díez, Antonio Pastor-Méndez et al.2 citations
INTRODUCTION: Numerous quantitative studies confirm the positive effects of mindfulness on healthcare professionals. However, recent qualitative research on their experiences and the relationship between mindfulness and self-care remains scarce. Exploring how professionals describe and perceive mindfulness as enhancing their professional self-care is essential. OBJECTIVE: To explore the...
Abstract Terror Management Theory posits that awareness of mortality typically elicits defensive responses, yet emerging evidence suggests that meditation may promote adaptive outcomes. This study examined whether long-term Sufi meditation—a contemplative practice emphasizing direct engagement with death—is associated with reduced existential defensiveness and altered prosocial orientation...
BuildingsNovember 19, 2025Pearl Doshi, Francesco Aletta
Meditation is a practice used to cultivate focused attention, emotional stability, and self-awareness. Evidence of its psychological, physiological, and social benefits warrants greater accessibility and further research. This study evaluates meditation centre design by identifying recurring design practices, highlighting the importance of indoor environmental qualities (IEQs), and developing...
Background: Meditation-based interventions (MBIs) hold promise for enhancing health and well-being. However, substantial barriers impede engagement in traditional forms of these interventions. Innovations in mobile health offer an avenue for overcoming barriers associated with traditional MBIs. A particular mobile health innovation - Ecological Momentary Interventions (EMIs) - has the potential...
Attention regulation is a core mechanism of mindfulness meditation and has been proposed to underlie many of its health-related benefits. Here, we review and synthesize behavioral findings on attentional outcomes in long-term meditators, integrating neurocognitive evidence within a meditative development framework. Key findings indicate trait-level improvements across attentional...
The nationwide Stress-free Everyday Life for Children and Adolescents Research (SELFCARE) project, conducted from 2019 to 2020 in Denmark included a structured, three-part mindfulness-based teacher training program implemented over one year. The current study aimed to evaluate the teacher program's effectiveness on teachers' self-reported mental health 12 months post-baseline. In this...
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of mindfulness-based psychoeducation on nursing students’ beliefs about mental illnesses, social distance, and stigma. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with second-year nursing students at Aydın Adnan Menderes University. Initially, 280 students were screened using the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale (BMIS). Based on...
HealthcareNovember 17, 2025Tharshanah Thayabaranathan, Marina Paul, Frederick R Walker et al.
Background: Managing physiological risk factors (blood pressure, lipids, stress, blood glucose) post-stroke is essential yet challenging. In this sub-study of a feasibility randomized controlled trial, we examined changes in these parameters following a stroke-tailored mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) compared with an attention control. Methods: Participants 3-18 months post-stroke were...
Background: In recent years, virtual reality (VR) has been increasingly applied in mindfulness training. Although the number of studies in this area has grown rapidly, their quality remains inconsistent. Substantial variations exist across studies in terms of participant populations, modes of VR application, experimental designs, intervention durations, and measurement instruments, which in...