PLoS One
October 28, 2025
Xiaoli Liu, Shu Luo, Xianxiu Wen et al.
Background: Due to high-pressure environments, heavy workloads, and working in "three-shift" schedules, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses experience high-level presenteeism. This may compromise nursing quality and patient safety and damage nurses' physical and mental health. Therefore, there's an urgent need for effective interventions to promote the healthy development of nursing human...
Journal of Clinical Medicine
October 28, 2025
Marco Marotta, Niccolo Grassi, Alessandro Pingitore et al.
Aim: To evaluate basal well-being and the effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in health-care professionals (HCPs), a recognized worker category subjected to elevated stress from job conditions. Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-post study was conducted in Italian HCPs. Well-being (assessed by Psychological General Well-Being Index-PGWBI), stress (Perceived Stress...
Ai & Society
October 28, 2025
Omer Chomski
2 citations
Abstract Meditation has been a cornerstone of Buddhism for millennia, yet its adoption in Western culture increasingly intertwines spirituality with digital technologies. Neuro-meditation devices, which employ neurofeedback and brain stimulation to enhance meditative states, are now promoted as tools that democratize meditation by flattening its learning curve and enabling real‐time progress...
Scientific Reports
October 28, 2025
Sacha Haudry, Natacha Lambert, Christian Gaser et al.
Meditation is thought to promote healthy aging by improving mental health, preserving brain integrity and reducing Alzheimer's disease risk. We examined the impact of long-term meditation expertise and an 18-month meditation training on brain aging in older adults using machine learning. We included 25 Older Expert Meditators (OldExpMed) with > 20 years of practice and 135 Cognitively...
Education Sciences
October 24, 2025
Sinem Acar, Mehmet Kılıç
1 citation
This study aimed to investigate the effects of mindfulness exercises on the disruptive behaviors of young learners in EFL classes, along with gathering students’ perceptions of their experiences and the perceived change in disruptive behaviors of themselves and their peers. Thirty-nine third-grade students participated in the study and were assigned to the experimental group (EG) and the...
International Journal of Educational Practices and Engineering
October 24, 2025
Evelyn Milagro Maurell Montiel
Background: Academic anxiety is affecting many students of all ages and school levels, which represents a social problem that requires attention. Numerous are the factors that promote high levels of anxiety among them: competitiveness among university students, pressure before evaluations. Strategies and methodologies are required to calm the mind, such as Mindfulness. Practice based on...
Research Square
October 24, 2025
Emilio Durán, Manuel Vázquez-Frutos, Elisa Alcocer et al.
preprint
Abstract Objectives: Depression is linked to abnormalities in resting-state networks (RSNs) such as the Default Mode Network (DMN), Salience Network (SN), and Frontoparietal Network (FPN). Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective for treating depression, but their impact on functional connectivity (FC) within and between RSNs remains unclear. This systematic review synthesizes...
Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling
October 24, 2025
Gina Sugiana Sugara, Salma Rachmawati, Muhammad Muhajirin et al.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of an 8‐week Mindfulness‐Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention in reducing social media addiction among 22 adolescents. The program incorporated techniques such as body scan, sitting meditation, STOP, and RAIN meditation. Results indicated a significant reduction in social media addiction scores ( p < 0.001, d = 1.68) and an increase in mindfulness...
PsyArXiv
October 24, 2025
Barry Tse, Melody Jia-Qi Xu
preprint
MBCT combines ancient mindfulness practices with the structured approaches of modern CBT, creating an effective intervention for preventing depressive relapse and addressing a wide range of psychological conditions. The authors explore MBCT's development from its Eastern spiritual origins to its validation in Western clinical contexts. They discuss the dual theoretical frameworks underpinning...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 24, 2025
Elizaveta Solomonova, Jared R. Lindahl, Ian Gold et al.
1 citation
Delusional ideation is characteristic of psychopathology (e.g., psychosis, bipolar disorder) and is also found among the general population. Contemporary case studies have documented delusional ideation as a feature of meditation-induced psychosis, and Buddhist literature on the side effects and adverse effects of meditation also includes discussion of transient experiences that could be...