Pain can positively be influenced by the control or direction of attention, e.g. attention diversion from or focusing on pain. The Mindfulness-based Interoceptive Exposure Task (MIET) is an easy to learn and simple to apply interoceptive desensitization method using a sensory focus strategy. This study investigates the distinct effects of sensory-focus and distraction on experimental pain...
This study aims to investigate the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between mindfulness and trait anxiety during early adolescence. The research sample was selected using a convenient sampling method and comprised students attending 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in a private secondary school in Izmir during the 2020-2021 academic year. A total of 344 adolescents (221 girls, 123...
Introduction Meditation can elicit intense experiences that change the sense of self, alter worldview, and evoke strong negative and positive emotions, impacting daily life. Intense meditation-related experiences (IMREs) are often sparked by a profound moment, can change in appraised emotional valence and conceptual meaning over time, and are shaped by an interplay of embodied and conceptual...
This paper considers the practice of immeasurable joy (muditā) as presented in the so-called Yogalehrbuch, a seventh century Sanskrit “yoga manual” from Qïzïl, on the northern rim of the Tarim Basin. It demonstrates that the author of the text, whose purpose is to describe the journey of a yogin on the path to the awakening of a Bodhisattva, relied on some version of the *Vibhāṣā, the...
Mounting evidence indicates that mindfulness-based interventions improve physical and mental health. However, whether brief mindfulness intervention supports health benefits by regulating metabolic profiles is poorly understood. To address this gap, this randomized controlled trial compared ten 1-hour sessions of integrative body-mind training (IBMT) with relaxation training (RT) in 42...
Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent mental health disorders, imposing significant burdens on individuals and healthcare systems. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing these symptoms. Electronic health MBCT (eMBCT) offers a scalable alternative, but its efficacy in alleviating anxiety and depression in adults remains unclear. To examine the...
Contrary to the prevailing view that technology detracts from nature, this research demonstrates that digitally-guided mindfulness can act as a powerful amplifier of the psychological benefits of Urban Green Spaces (UGS). Across four interconnected experiments, we reveal how and for whom this synergy works to enhance life hope. Building on Attention Restoration, Broaden-and-Build, and Hope...
Introduction . One of the most challenging tasks for a teacher is addressing the needs of students with twice-exceptionality, whose conflicting characteristics complicate the learning process. Implementing new strategies to foster a positive emotional environment and mitigate negative experiences for this group of students represents a promising approach that can enhance existing methods of...
Contemporary Buddhist meditators in the West are likely to find themselves engaged in practices with rich associations with both religious and scientific worldviews. Meditation-related challenges can provoke existential concerns that make unexplored relationships between religious and scientific worldviews more important and explicit for Western Buddhist meditators, who may turn to both...