Abstract Although the literature has shown that attachment and mindfulness are related to relationship quality, their cumulative effect remains unclear. This study aims to understand the impact of mindfulness on the relationship between parental and adult attachment styles and the quality of relationships with parents and romantic partners in young adults. Data were collected on 195 first-year...
The impact of different meditation protocols on human health is explored at the cognitive and cellular levels. Preksha Dhyana meditation has been observed to seemingly affect the cognitive performance, transcriptome, and methylome of healthy and novice participant practitioners. In this study, we performed correlation analyses to investigate the presence of any relationships in the changes in...
Semakin meningkatnya usia maka semakin banyak permasalahan kesehatan yang dirasakan oleh lansia, selain penyakit fisik lansia juga kerap mengalami permasalahan mental seperti kesepian, kecemasan dan depresi. Tingkat prevalensi kecemasan berdasarkan usia dan jenis kelamin, memuncak pada usia dewasa tua, diatas 7,5% diantaranya perempuan berusia 55-74 tahun, diatas 5,5% di antaranya laki-laki,...
Objective: Cancer patients are at an increased risk for affective problems, including feelings of anxiety and depression. Mindfulness has been linked to an array of benefits for affective functioning in various populations including cancer patients, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are still poorly understood. Based on emotion-regulation and stress-coping models, this study...
Race-based anxiety is a substantial health issue for the Black community. Although mindfulness interventions have demonstrated efficacy for alleviating anxiety, three central barriers prevent Black Americans from accessing existing mindfulness treatments: high costs, excessive time commitments, and limited cultural relevance. There is a need for novel mindfulness interventions for the Black...
We applied 7 Tesla phase sensitive imaging to evaluate the impact of brain iron levels on depression severity and cognitive function in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) treated with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). Seventeen unmedicated MDD participants underwent MRI, evaluation of depression severity, and cognitive testing before and after receiving MBCT, compared to...
PozadĂ: Tato studie zkoumĂĄ dopad trĂŠninkovĂŠho programu zamÄĹenĂŠho na sniĹžovĂĄnĂ stresu, deprese a Ăşzkosti na zĂĄkladÄ vĹĄĂmavosti u zdravotnĂch sester v Maroku. Metody: ĂÄastnĂci byli vybrĂĄni z nemocnice v provincii Tetouan v Maroku. Jednalo se o 80 nemocniÄnĂch sester, 59 Ĺžen a 21 muŞů. Byli nĂĄhodnÄ rozdÄleni do intervenÄnĂ skupiny a kontrolnĂ skupiny, v kaĹždĂŠ...
Qualitative and quantitative methods were combined to examine the experience of eight adults referred for mindfulness meditation training (MMT) within the context of a group, out-patient, hospital-based, stress reduction clinic. Through interviewing, observation and document analysis, three aspects of experience were investigated: the subjective experience of learning meditation; the...
While current models of mindfulness propose benefits to the executive functions of inhibition, updating and shifting through mindful breathing meditations, empirical findings on the effects of short mindful breathing meditations are inconclusive regarding their specificity and dose-response relations. Therefore, we compared short mindful breathing meditations (Experiment 1, 45 min over three...
This article is the result of a research dedicated to the analysis of the term loka (“world”) in the Pāli canon. This work consists mainly of a translation and analysis of the Pāli suttas concerning loka and related terms. What this study reveals is a peculiar conception of the world as a cognitive construct, with a close relationship to the philosophy of mind and language. The “end of the...