Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
January 24, 2023
Xiaojuan Gao
39 citations
Mindfulness has been overlooked in previous studies of second or foreign language learning. This study aims to explore the relationship between mindfulness, anxiety, burnout and self-perceived foreign language proficiency among a sample of 492 learners. Further, it seeks to make up for the deficiency in the current empirical literature regarding the mediation roles of anxiety and burnout in the...
Nursing Open
January 24, 2023
Hui Liu, L. Kong, Qian Sun et al.
This meta‐analysis aimed to determine the effect of mindfulness interventions on nurses' levels of depression and anxiety.
Advances in Mental Health
January 24, 2023
Sarah J. Bolognino, Tyler L. Renshaw, M. Phan
ABSTRACT Objective Mindful breathing meditation (MBM) and loving-kindness meditation (LKM) are common components of effective mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). This study examined the differential effects of MBM and LKM on purported therapeutic process variables and mental health outcomes via component analysis. Method The research design was a randomized controlled trial with four...
Cancer Nursing
January 23, 2023
Bixia Zhang, Xiaohuan Jin, X. Kuang et al.
Background Emerging evidence supports that virtual reality (VR)–based meditation interventions may improve anxiety and depression among patients with cancer. However, empirical studies involving patients with acute leukemia during induction chemotherapy are limited. Objective This study aimed to examine the effects of VR-based meditation intervention on alleviating anxiety and depression and...
Italian National Conference on Sensors
January 23, 2023
J. Davis, Robert Kozma, Florian Schübeler
It has been proposed that meditative states show different brain dynamics than other more engaged states. It is known that when people sit with closed eyes instead of open eyes, they have different brain dynamics, which may be associated with a combination of deprived sensory input and more relaxed inner psychophysiological and cognitive states. Here, we study such states based on a previously...
Frontiers in Physiology
January 23, 2023
Aravind Natarajan
36 citations
We discuss Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measured during mindful breathing meditation. We provide a pedagogical computation of two commonly used heart rate variability metrics, i.e. the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) and the standard deviation of RR intervals (SDRR), in terms of Fourier components. It is shown that the root mean square of successive differences preferentially...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
January 22, 2023
Yan Wang, Si-Man Lei, Jing-Jing Fan
In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been widely applied in competition sports with respect to athletic performance and mental health promotion, whereas evidence of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has not been well summarized. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the existing evidence on the effects of MBIs on improving athletic...
NPJ Parkinson's disease
January 21, 2023
Jojo Yan Yan Kwok, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Janet Yuen-Ha Wong et al.
Clinical practice guidelines support resilience training and exercise for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). This assessor-blinded, randomized clinical trial aimed to compare the effects of a modified mindfulness meditation program versus stretching and resistance training exercise (SRTE) in patients with mild-to-moderate PD. A total of 126 potential participants were enrolled via...
International journal of adolescent medicine and health
January 20, 2023
Nilson Vieira Pinto, Moreira Sarmento Vivianne Dos Santos, R. Sousa et al.
Abstract Objectives Utility of cognitive-behavioral practice interventions in school settings have been discussed by the scientific community regarding their possibility of insertion in the educational field. In this way, this review article analyzes the scientific production on the practice of meditation offered at school in adolescents, since the appropriation of studies that point to...
Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology
January 20, 2023
Philippe R. Goldin, Amy E. Braun, Eve Ekman et al.
2 citations
Objectives: To investigate outcomes and predictors of a Tibetan Buddhist meditation process called Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) vs. a waitlist (WL) control group of meditation practitioners with moderate depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. Methods: 61 meditators (70% female; mean age = 44.05, SD = 11.20; 43.5% White, 39% Asian, 9.3% Hispanic, 8.3% other) were randomly assigned to 1-month of...