Mindfulness
October 1, 2022
Aleksandra E. Isham, Adriana Del Palacio-Gonzalez, Barbara Dritschel
Abstract Objectives Maladaptive emotional processing of autobiographical memories is a key feature of depression that may persist during depressive remission. The primary objective of the present study was to assess the effects of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention on emotion regulation upon everyday autobiographical memory retrieval in individuals with remitted...
Pediatric blood & cancer
October 1, 2022
Aneesh Hehr, Allesandra Iadipaolo, Austin Morales et al.
Mounting evidence demonstrates that meditation can lower pain and emotional distress in adults, and more recently, in children. Children may benefit from meditation given its accessibility across a variety of settings (e.g., surgical preparation). Recent neuroimaging studies in adults suggest that meditation techniques are neurobiologically distinct from other forms of emotion regulation, such...
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
October 1, 2022
Saampras Ganesan, Emillie Beyer, Bradford A. Moffat et al.
Meditation trains the mind to focus attention towards an object or experience. Among different meditation techniques, focused attention meditation is considered foundational for more advanced practices. Despite renewed interest in its functional neural correlates, there is no unified neurocognitive model of focused attention meditation developed via quantitative synthesis of contemporary...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
September 30, 2022
Tomoko Miyoshi, Hiromi Ida, Yoshito Nishimura et al.
Stress among healthcare workers (HCWs) increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. We aimed to determine whether a yoga and mindfulness program could alleviate burnout and other psychological and physical distress in HCWs, and how this might affect their empathy for patients. A weekly one-hour yoga and mindfulness program was conducted for three months in 2021. Participants were 18...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
September 30, 2022
Paula Pasqualucci, Georg Seifert, Vicente Odone Filho et al.
Background: The prevalence of chronic and complex pediatric health conditions has quickly risen over the last decades. Chronic and complex health conditions make pediatric patients and their families more susceptible to many distressing events during their lifespan. Mindfulness-based interventions have become a popular intervention for individuals living with chronic illnesses and have been...
Trials
September 30, 2022
K P C Dalpatadu, P Galappatthy, P Katulanda et al.
Sri Lanka is faced with the challenge of managing a large population with diabetes mellitus by 2030. Psychological stress plays a major role in disease outcome by exerting physiological, psychological and social effects on individuals with chronic disorders. Meditation-based interventions have positive effects on the management of stress and diabetes, which are mediated via modulation of...
Pain Medicine
September 30, 2022
Ting-Han Lin, Ka-Wai Tam, Yu-Ling Yang et al.
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is among the most common types of pain in adults. Currently, injections and analgesic and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are often provided for patients with CLBP. However, their effectiveness remains questionable, and the safest approach to CLBP remains debated. Meditation-based therapies constitute an alternative treatment with high potential for widespread...
Mindfulness
September 29, 2022
Sofia Magalhães, Tânia Nunes, Inês Soeiro et al.
Objectives: Research into the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) in school settings has grown substantially. However, studies in the field are still scarce, present methodological limitations, and fail to examine how children's characteristics influence MBPs' effects. The twofold aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of an MBP on children's attention and emotional...
Behavioral Sciences
September 29, 2022
Jesse R Caswell, Aishwarya N Duggirala, Paul Verhaeghen
Background: We examined how a newly proposed facet of rumination, that is, the (in)ability to let go, might relate to other aspects of rumination and to psychological outcomes. Methods: In two independent samples (n = 423 and 329, resp.) of college students, we measured a broad set of rumination and rumination-related measures, letting go, anxiety and dysphoria; in the second sample, we also...
Mindfulness
September 29, 2022
L. Javier Bartos, María Jesús Funes, Marc Ouellet et al.
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Abstract Objectives Higher education student musicians face high physical, psychological, and emotional demands affecting their well-being and academic experience. This study examined the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of the so-called CRAFT program, based on mindfulness, yoga, positive psychology, and emotional intelligence, to improve psychological well-being, psychological...