Abstract Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are behavioral programs, often involving practices like meditation, that aim to cultivate mindfulness , the nonjudgmental awareness of present-moment experience. A growing body of evidence suggests that they are effective for treating a range of physical and mental health conditions. Critics, however, argue that much of this evidence is biased,...
MindfulnessSeptember 25, 2026Senyao Du, Guowen Ai, Shiao Zhao et al.
Proprioception is crucial for physical activities, motor control, balance, and coordination, yet strategies to enhance it remain debated. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may improve proprioception by enhancing body awareness through attention regulation and body-mind synergy. MBIs offer low intensity, low cost, and good repeatability. This study hypothesized that MBIs improve...
MindfulnessSeptember 25, 2026K. Asli Basoglu, Dan Stone
Objectives: Financial well-being requires appropriate risk choices. We investigated the effects of alternative mindfulness practices and task motivation quality on financial risk-taking. Method: We explored these issues in four studies: (1) examining the effects of interruptions on risk-taking (study 1, n = 125); (2) introducing “financial” mindfulness (study 2, n = 140); (3) comparing...
Acta PsychologicaSeptember 25, 2026Huimian Bian, Mansor Abu Talib, He Jiang
Quantitative research has reported associations between mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and teacher stress and well-being, but less is known about how teachers themselves retrospectively experience and make sense of learning mindfulness. This interpretative phenomenological study examined eight Chinese junior high school teachers' retrospective accounts following a four-week standardized...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is increasingly understood not simply as a disorder of intrusive thoughts, but as one of how those thoughts are interpreted, regulated, and invested with meaning. This narrative, conceptually oriented review, brings together three literatures that are usually treated separately – mindfulness, Wells’ metacognitive model, and the neurocognitive and neuroimaging...
Frontiers in PsychologySeptember 24, 2026Turan Sezan, Murat Şahbudak, Canan Sarıyar Sezan et al.
Background University students frequently experience stress, appraisals that may negatively relate to health beliefs and motivation for physical activity. Dispositional mindfulness has been identified as a potential psychological resource that may be associated with more adaptive health cognitions under stressful conditions. Purpose This cross-sectional study examined associations among the...
Objective This study aimed to examine the association between sport-specific mindfulness and dispositional flow in collegiate athletes and to test whether cognitive reappraisal and sport confidence showed independent and sequential indirect effects in this association. Methods A total of 583 collegiate athletes from universities in Guangxi, Hebei, Liaoning, and Tianjin, China, completed a...
Derecho y cambio social.September 24, 2026Carla Mariana Café Botelho, Gabriela Nogueira Cavalcante, Camille Soares Monteiro Marques et al.
Este artigo analisa a variação dos escores de ansiedade após uma intervenção de mindfulness com adolescentes de uma escola pública municipal de Eusébio, Ceará. Trata-se de estudo quantitativo, quase experimental, com avaliação antes e depois e sem grupo controle, desenvolvido a partir da pesquisa de mestrado da autora. Participaram 82 estudantes, com idade média de 12,27 anos e faixa observada...
Contact with nature supports psychological health, yet whether the quality of mindful engagement matters more than the quantity of exposure remains unclear. This pilot randomized controlled trial examined a brief, structured nature-based mindfulness program’s effects on mental well-being, perceived stress, and nature connectedness relative to an unstructured outdoor walking control....