The Korean Society of Culture and Convergence
November 30, 2023
Kayoung Oh
The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of group art therapy combined with loving-kindness meditation on self-compassion and job stress of childcare teachers. The subjects of the study were 12 childcare teachers in J City who reported experiencing job-related stress (6 in the experimental group, 6 in the control group). Art Therapy was held once a week from July to August 2022, for a...
Journal of Student Research
November 30, 2023
Nancy Lei, Yikuan Lee
Important exams often cause increased test anxiety in high school students, which further negatively affects their learning and academic performance. The practice of mindfulness meditation guides one to focus on the present moment, allowing them to calm their mind and concentrate at the same time. Although several studies have previously been done on meditation, mental health, and test anxiety,...
Journal of Student Research
November 30, 2023
Seong‐Sik Park
Alzheimer’s Disease is a very pressing disease that presents neurodegeneration of those affected, with no foreseeable cure as of yet. While there are many treatments that may reduce the level of neurodegeneration, or treat some of the root causes, a definitive solution to Alzheimer’s Disease does not exist. Therefore, its harmful effects must be minimized to the greatest extent possible. As...
Journal of Student Research
November 30, 2023
Lisa D. Ordóñez
1 citation
Positive neuroscience focuses on the flourishing and optimized human brain. Despite this optimization being a result of higher conscious states, often caused by meditation or creative flow, the neuroscience field lacks research comparing these two unique brain states. Therefore, through an exploratory content analysis, this research will reveal what neural mechanisms can potentially...
Jurnal Pencerahan
November 29, 2023
Sugianto Sugianto, Adinda Wisetia, Eka Hita Loka et al.
Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini adalah belum adanya panduan meditasi ketenangan berbasis android bagi remaja. Tujuan dari penelitian ini mengembangkan aplikasi panduan meditasi ketenangan berbasis android bagi remaja. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Research and Development (R&D) dengan model pengembangan Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, dan Evaluation (ADDIE)....
Brain Sciences
November 29, 2023
Yakun Zhang, Shichun Chen, Zongpai Zhang et al.
1 citation
Focused attention meditation (FAM) training has been shown to improve attention, but the neural basis of FAM on attention has not been thoroughly understood. Here, we aim to investigate the neural effect of a 2-month FAM training on novice meditators in a visual oddball task (a frequently adopted task to evaluate attention), evaluated with both ASL and BOLD fMRI. Using ASL, activation was...
Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine
November 28, 2023
Lampu Kosulwit
Introduction: Mindfulness meditation, rooted in Buddhism, has become Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an evidence-based depression treatment, but its efficacy in other psychiatric conditions remains uncertain.Methods: The assessment of MBCT's effectiveness in psychiatric disorders was carried out through the examination of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and relevant research...
JMIR Formative Research
November 24, 2023
Grant Jones, Franchesca Castro-Ramirez, Maha Al-Suwaidi et al.
Race-based anxiety is a critical health issue within the Black community. Mindfulness interventions hold promise for treating race-based anxiety in Black Americans; however, there are many barriers that prevent Black Americans from using these treatments, such as low cultural relevance, significant time burdens, and excessive costs. This study is a replication and extension of findings that...
Scientific Reports
November 24, 2023
Robert Palmer, Corey Roos, Nilofar Vafaie et al.
26 citations
We aimed to elucidate the effects of "dose" of a single-session of mindfulness meditation on state mindfulness and affect as well as moderators of effects. 372 adults recruited remotely via Amazon's MTurk platform were randomly assigned to either a: 10-min mindfulness meditation, 20-min mindfulness meditation, 10-min control, or 20-min control. Control conditions were recordings of a National...
Russian Journal of Pain
November 23, 2023
N.S. Bofanova
Objective. To analyze mindfulness therapy and virtual reality technology in the treatment of patients with chronic back pain, to develop original virtual reality scene for appropriate subsequent studies. Material and methods. We reviewed the international databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed) using the following keywords: chronic pain, mindfulness therapy, virtual reality technology. To...