Psychology Research and Behavior Management
July 1, 2023
Maki Nagaoka, Akihiro Koreki, Teppei Kosugi et al.
2 citations
Purpose: This study aimed to conduct an economic evaluation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in healthy participants by performing cost-utility analysis (CUA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Patients and Methods: CUA was carried out from a healthcare sector perspective and CBA was from the employer's perspective in parallel with a randomized controlled trial. Of the 90 healthy...
BMC Psychology
July 1, 2023
Nikos Kogias, Dirk E. M. Geurts, Florian Krause et al.
4 citations
BACKGROUND: Stress-related disorders are a growing public health concern. While stress is a natural and adaptive process, chronic exposure to stressors can lead to dysregulation and take a cumulative toll on physical and mental well-being. One approach to coping with stress and building resilience is through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). By understanding the neural mechanisms of...
Annals of Neurosciences
July 2023
Anumeha Bhagat, Shival Srivastav, Anita S Malhotra et al.
Examination stress is a very well-known model of psychological stress in students. It induces changes in systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), along with changes in heart rate variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), due to autonomic perturbations. To find out if Raj Yoga meditation (RYM) practice affects autonomic and cardiovascular function in healthy young subjects...
Contemporary Buddhism
July 1, 2023
Terry Hyland
1 citation
The exponential expansion of mindfulness-based applications in education, psychology and psychotherapy, workplace training and mind/body well-being in general over the last few decades has been accompanied by wide-ranging claims about the impact of mindfulness on the brain. Arguments in this sphere have been supported by data taken from neuroscience reporting changes in the brain structure and...
Black Sea Journal of Health Science
July 1, 2023
Nadiye Barış Eren
Health, which is a state of complete physical, social and spiritual well-being, is under the influence of various stressors. Stress occurs due to the negative effects on the organism physically and mentally. Stress is encountered in every field in our daily life and affects our health negatively. Nurses working in the healthcare field, which is one of the stressful environments, experience...
Journal of Pain
July 1, 2023
Marcelo de França Moreira, O. Gamboa, M. A. Oliveira
Endometriosis is a gynecological disease that involves a broad biopsychosocial compromise with the potential to create a negative vicious cycle. Despite the complexity of factors influencing women's improvement, most interventions investigated target just the peripheral nociceptive sources of endometriosis-related pain. An alternative is intervening in self-regulation, which can potentially...
Mindfulness
July 1, 2023
Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Dagna Kocur
Abstract Objectives Meditation practices, mindfulness, and self-compassion have been found to affect our physical and mental well-being in many ways. However, can they also affect our moral judgment, for example, what we think about right and wrong? This study aims to explore the potential influence of meditation, mindfulness and self-compassion on utilitarian moral judgments. Method In Study 1...
Mindfulness
July 1, 2023
Kanishka Sharma, Peter Achermann, Bhawna Panwar et al.
12 citations
Objectives The objective was to analyze EEG recorded during Brahma Kumaris Rajyoga meditation (BKRYM) using eLORETA applied in the frequency domain for localizing sources during meditation vis-à-vis baseline condition. Unlike many other popular meditation practices, BKRYM is practiced with open eyes. To our knowledge, there has been no study of the changes in the brain’s activity during the...
Journal of public health research
July 1, 2023
Finta Isti Kundarti, Ira Titisari, Dwi Estuning Rahayu et al.
8 citations
Infertility in women causes mental health problems, the bad ones. Women with infertility need psychological treatment using mindfulness interventions. This study's purpose was to analyze mindfulness's effect on the mental health of women with infertility through a systematic review. The method used in this systematic review was by searching through the following databases; ProQuest database,...
Cureus
July 1, 2023
Katie O'Donnell, Melanie Dunbar, Diana Speelman
4 citations
Introduction This study examined the effect of 10-minute daily meditation app usage for 30 days on adult anxiety and mental well-being during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Participants were randomized into intervention (10 minutes of daily usage of the Insight Timer app) or control groups. Participants completed surveys to assess anxiety and well-being pre- and post-study....