OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
April 3, 2023
Sherrel Smith
Compassion fatigue is a condition in which there is an inability to sympathize or feel compassion. Nurses have struggled with feelings of helplessness when caring for COVID-19 patients as well as dealing with the stress related to the unknowns of the disease and risk of spread. This article offers background information about the concept of compassion fatigue, synthesis of related literature,...
Sustainable development
April 3, 2023
Nirodhi Namika Dasanayaka, Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
1 citation
Many people suffer from stress and anxiety due to complex lifestyles. Stress is one of the main causes of various diseases. In addition, it causes a lower level of consciousness, quality of life, and a higher rate of cellular aging. Meditation becomes a trending topic to overcome these problems. Key terms including “Meditation,” “Mindfulness,” “Quality of life,” “Telomere,” and “Telomerase”...
Journal of school psychology
April 1, 2023
Jessica Mettler, Bassam Khoury, Stephanie Zito et al.
Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are increasingly used in educational institutions to enhance students' mental health and resilience. However, reviews of the literature suggest this use may have outpaced the evidence base and further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying these programs' effectiveness and which outcomes are being affected. The purpose of this...
Journal of American College Health
April 2023
Yvonnes Chen, Cole Hansen, Hong Tien Vu
Media framing of health issues reflects public opinion and impacts readers' perceptions and behavior. This study examines how meditation - a recommended stress coping strategy for college students - is framed in campus newspapers from 1997-2018. A total of 494 articles were analyzed. Semantic network analysis was used to automatically detect frames and the longitudinal trend. Five major frames...
Workplace Health & Safety
April 2023
King Pascual, Amiad Fredman, Athanasios Naum et al.
Research on burnout in the medical community has extensively studied the impact of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), which can include meditation, outdoor retreats, in-person didactics, and/or online wellness modules. However, in addition to these MBIs lacking objective, physiological measures for wellness, there has been little to no research involving virtual reality (VR) as an MBI...
Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education
April 1, 2023
Fran Grace
This video spotlights the diverse learning environments of the University of Redlands' pioneering meditation program in its first 16 years of academic classes and community offerings. As reported in places such as Inside Higher Ed (Redden, 2007, December 18) and books published from the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute (Astin et al., Cultivating the Spirit: How College Can Enhance...
Current Psychology
April 1, 2023
Alan Maddock, Carolyn Blair
Abstract: This study aimed to systematically review studies which conducted a controlled mediation analysis in order to examine the potential mechanisms which underlie mindfulness-based programme’s (MBPs) effects on anxiety, depression and psychological distress in any health or mental health population. Searches of six databases (Medline (Ovid), PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of...
Mindfulness
April 1, 2023
Isa Zappullo, Vincenzo Paolo Senese, Roberta Cecere et al.
Abstract: Objectives: Available data suggest that inflexible allocation of attention in people on the autism spectrum can lead to anxiety and depression symptoms, through the increase of repetitive negative thinking (worry and rumination). In the present study, we used dispositional mindfulness as a proxy to attention flexibility and tested its role in the influence of repetitive negative...
Journal of pediatric psychology
April 1, 2023
Olivia Hughes, Katherine H Shelton, Helen Penny et al.
Objectives: This systematic review aimed to identify and appraise studies investigating the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for improving depression, anxiety and parental stress in families affected by childhood physical illnesses, as well as feasibility and acceptability. Methods: Embase, PsycINFO, Scopus, Medline, and PubMed were searched between February 2 and 17, 2021,...
Journal of Consumer Affairs
April 1, 2023
Jutta M. Tobias
13 citations
Abstract This conceptual analysis contributes to extending the transformative potential of mindfulness for consumers and society by creating a mindfulness matrix that uncovers new linkages across previously siloed mindfulness literatures and by arguing that next‐generation mindfulness research and practice should draw on underexplored synergies between these. The paper makes three key...