Discover Education
September 28, 2026
Liping Fu
While foreign language anxiety (FLA) is prevalent and has received wide attention for decades, the anxiety regarding the specific skill of public speaking has been less-explored. This study explored the correlations among the variables of trait mindfulness, psychological capital (PsyCap), and public speaking anxiety (PSA) among undergraduates who learned English as a foreign language (EFL) in...
Southeast Asian Business Review
September 27, 2026
Jefferson Bulan
Remote work has fundamentally transformed the psychological experience of information technology (IT) professionals, compounding occupational stressors that threaten personal well-being and organizational performance. This study examines the effectiveness of a structured, brief daily mindfulness intervention delivered via Microsoft Teams on perceived stress levels among remote IT professionals...
September 27, 2026
Ampere A Tseng
preprint
This article examines the influence of baseline mindfulness on the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) interventions. Data from twelve MBSR studies (568 participants) were analyzed to assess changes in mindfulness and stress over an eight-week intervention and a subsequent two-month follow-up. The findings show that MBSR significantly enhances mindfulness and reduces...
Avrasya Spor Bilimleri ve Eğitim Dergisi
September 27, 2026
Ahmet Dönmez, Abdulkadir Yildiz, Sinem Toçoğlu et al.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of mental well-being in the effect of mindfulness on happiness among athletes. Method: A total of 416 athletes—173 women and 243 men—participated in the study, which was based on a correlational survey model. The “Personal Information Form,” “Mindfulness Scale,” “Mental Well-Being Scale,” and “Oxford Happiness Scale” were used...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 26, 2026
Alessandro Mahony
preprint
L'Analogic Meditation (AM) è una pratica meditativa strutturata che integra visualizzazione simbolica, suggestione ideoplastica e lavoro sul corpo-mente, sviluppata da Alessandro Mahony nell'ambito di un approccio psiconeurosomatico integrato. A oggi, l'AM non è stata oggetto di studi clinici nella Sclerosi Laterale Amiotrofica (SLA). Tuttavia, sulla base delle conoscenze neurobiologiche...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 26, 2026
Alessandro Mahony
preprint
Analogic Meditation (AM) is a structured meditative practice that integrates symbolic visualization,ideoplastic suggestion, and body-mind work, developed by Alessandro Mahony withinan integrated psychoneurosomatic approach. To date, AM has not been the subject of clinicalstudies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). However, based on current neurobiologicalknowledge on meditation, hypnosis,...
BMC Psychiatry
September 26, 2026
Mi Yang, Yuzheng Ma, Jinxing Chen et al.
Schizophrenia is associated with abnormal white matter structural connectivity, and meditation has been investigated as an adjunctive intervention for clinical symptoms. This study examined whether an 8-month meditation intervention was associated with longitudinal changes in clinical symptoms, white matter structural connectivity, and graph-theoretical network properties in participants with...
Acta Innovations
September 25, 2026
Fatin A. Mhaidat, Ezdihar M. Alfawwaz, Mo'een Ahmad Oudat
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based group structured counseling program on improving levels of optimism amongst widowed women in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Eighty widowed women with low levels of optimism were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 40) and a control group (n = 40), using a randomized pre-test and post-test experimental...
Research Square
September 25, 2026
Jimpei Hitsuwari, Makiko Kamikawaji, Toryo Ito
preprint
Abstract Amulets are ubiquitous across cultures. However, psychological research on amulets has concentrated on the effects of owning and using them, whereas the experience of making one’s own amulet remains largely unexplored. This research takes a descriptive and exploratory approach to examine pre–post shifts in psychological states surrounding Yuwai-mamori, an approximately 15-minute...
Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
September 25, 2026
Marcia Howell, Petra Wagman, Viveca Larsson et al.
Mindfulness, characterized by present-moment awareness and nonreactive attentional control, has increasingly been examined as a psychological factor associated with safer driving behavior. This is important because motor vehicle crashes remain a significant public health and transportation safety concern, with distracted and aggressive driving linked to attentional lapses, mind-wandering, and...