The present study explores the parallel mediating roles of problematic online gaming and maladaptive daydreaming on the relationship between life satisfaction and mindfulness in esports-involved gamers in Türkiye. This research area has attracted growing scholarly interest due to its potential implications for esports-involved gamers' mindfulness and life satisfaction. The present study...
This exploratory qualitative action research study examined the implementation and iterative refinement of mindfulness-flow-awareness-coaching (MFAC), a sensory-based mindfulness coaching approach, and explored participants' reported experiences. Six Korean university students completed pre-MFAC and post-MFAC interviews and the six-session MFAC framework. One participant's initial Session 4 was...
Psychology, Health & MedicineSeptember 8, 2026Sergio Hidalgo-Fuentes, Isabel Martínez-Álvarez, Elisa González-Pérez et al.
Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has emerged as a widespread behavioural concern, particularly among university students. The present study employed a preregistered design to ensure analytic transparency and confirmatory hypothesis testing, examining a serial mediation model under which difficulties with emotion regulation and fear of missing out (FOMO) explain the association between trait...
HealthcareSeptember 8, 2026Nafih Cherappurath, Halil İbrahim Ceylan, E. Anakha et al.
Background/Objectives: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have gained increasing attention in sport psychology due to their potential to enhance psychological well-being and performance-related outcomes among athletes. Despite various systematic reviews and meta-analyses examining mindfulness in athletic contexts, broader scoping evidence mapping randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of MBIs...
Background: College life is a psychologically demanding transition characterised by academic overload, examination pressure, financial strain, and, for nursing and allied health students, additional stress arising from clinical placements. These pressures are consistently associated with elevated perceived stress, poor sleep quality, and reduced emotional well-being. Mindfulnessbased nursing...
Objetivo principal: Describir el proceso de adaptación cultural de la Intervención de Reducción de Estrés Basada en Mindfulness en una población mexicana de adultos mayores. Métodos: Diseño exploratorio y descriptivo, con adaptación cultural guiada por el modelo de Barrera de cinco pasos, con grupos focales de adultos mayores y expertos en Mindfulness, se analizaron los comentarios para...
Abstract Background The sequence in which psychological interventions are delivered may influence their efficacy. Therefore, the current study investigated the sequencing effect of cognitive restructuring (CR) and detached mindfulness (DM), hypothesizing that only the sequence of CR-DM would lead to additional improvement. Methods Across two experiments, 188 participants from a community sample...
Introduction: The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on the quality of nurses' work life. Method: The present study is a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with two groups (an experimental and a control group). The statistical population includes all nurses working at Tabriz International Hospital in 2022. For this...
Abstract Background Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are increasingly implemented to promote psychological wellbeing in later life. Although emerging evidence suggests that MBIs may improve wellbeing among older adults, fewer studies have examined the factors influencing their acceptability. Acceptability is often inferred from attendance or adherence, which may overlook the cognitive and...
Objectives. Chems-Maarif et al. (2025) propose a refined definition of mindfulness for psychological science and exclude Langer’s socio-cognitive construct on the grounds that it is empirically differentiated from Buddhist-inspired conceptualizations. This commentary offers a perspective on that exclusion.Methods. We examine two questions. First, what does the factor-analytic separation between...