American Journal of Health Education
October 21, 2026
P. Anthony Gryffin
Health Education faces many challenges that can be compounded by conflicting views and bias. Mindfulness may offer avenues for addressing challenges resulting from societal polarization, to enhance application of the areas of responsibility for Health Education Specialists. Mindfulness developed as an individual practice focused on meditation for stress reduction. The field of business applied...
Social Psychological Bulletin
October 21, 2026
Joline Guitard, Annie Roy-Charland
Dispositional mindfulness and gratitude are two individual differences suggested to be linked to attentional processes. The present study aimed to assess the presence of attentional biases associated with these two traits. Sixty-one participants completed an emotional dot-probe task while eye movements were recorded. Each of the 96 trials presented one emotional facial expression (fear,...
Research Square
October 21, 2026
Bhuvan Israni, Tarun Israni
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Abstract Workplace stress poses persistent challenges to employee wellbeing, organisational performance, and workforce sustainability. While mindfulness is widely promoted to enhance resilience, individual coping mechanisms alone may be insufficient to address systemic stressors. Drawing on qualitative interviews (\((N = 28)\)) across private-sector organisations, this study explores employee...
FPOP Bulletin Psychology of Older People
October 21, 2026
Nina Bagdi, Weronika Szary, Clea Dsouza
Background: There is increasing research exploring non-pharmacological approaches to supporting patients living with dementia. Aim: This study explored a mindfulness intervention based on the manual by Chan et al. (2017) to determine whether it could be implemented on an older adult inpatient ward to support wellbeing. The pilot programme was delivered to service users with cognitive...
Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
October 21, 2026
Çiğdem Gülden
This study examined the parallel mediating roles of gratitude and love for animals in the association between mindfulness and psychological well-being on a sample of 408 adults. The study was conducted on 408 adult participants from Türkiye with an average age of 35. The results showed that psychological well-being was positively correlated with mindfulness, gratitude, and love for animals....
The British Journal of Social Work
October 21, 2026
Sandra Romero-Martín, Carmen Elboj Saso, Tatiana Íñiguez‐Berrozpe
Abstract Social work is a profession with a high risk of emotional exhaustion and burnout. Although personal and organizational self-care is essential, professionals tend to prioritize users’ needs and engage in self-care only to a limited extent. In recent years, mindfulness has become established as a strategy for self-care and self-awareness, with growing evidence of its benefits. However,...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
October 21, 2026
Aneesh Joshi, Shubham Sherekar
Emerging adulthood is a developmental stage typically ranging from 18 to 29 years of age. It is characterized by significant changes in development, increase in responsibilities, and heightened exposure to stressors related to several factors like education, career, relationships, and identity formation. Effective management of stress during this period is important for maintaining...
Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery
October 21, 2026
Eda Mert, Fatma Demirkıran
Objective: This study aimed to examine nursing students’ mindfulness, anger, interpersonal relationship styles, and the factors related to these variables. Method: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study. It was conducted with 474 students (354 female; 120 male) enrolled in the Faculty of Nursing at a public university. Data were collected using a personal information...
October 21, 2026
Joshua Cain, Micah Alan Johnson, Amirvala Tavakoli et al.
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Sustained contemplative practice confers well-documented psychological and physiological benefits, yet the experiential deepening that motivates practitioners can require many hours of practice, and mastery is not assured. Methods that accelerate training would broaden access to these benefits and could also test mechanism: the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), caudate, and anterior insula are...
Frontiers in Public Health
October 21, 2026
Jeffrey Proulx, Chase M. Bryer, Sherente Harris et al.
Introduction Indigenous cultures across Turtle Island have long promoted wellness through language, ceremony, storytelling, movement, community connection, and relationships with the natural world. These cultural practices may serve as important pathways for healing and health promotion. At the same time, Indigenous communities experience disproportionate rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD),...