Aging & Mental Health
July 31, 2022
Stacey Hatch, Jodie Webber, Soham Rej et al.
Abstract Objective Older adults are interested in mindfulness-based interventions with a meditation component for late life anxiety. This review examined the effectiveness of existing mindfulness-based interventions with a meditation component. Methods This systematic review was registered with the Joanna Briggs Institute on 2021-05-17, was guided by Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and...
July 31, 2022
Christian A. Webb, Matthew J. Hirshberg, Richard J. Davidson et al.
1 citation
BACKGROUND Meditation apps have surged in popularity in recent years, with an increasing number of individuals turning to these apps to cope with stress, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, meditation apps now represent the most commonly used mental health apps for depression and anxiety. However, little is known regarding who is well-suited to these apps. OBJECTIVE The aim of this...
Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences
July 30, 2022
Emad Alzubi, Omar Al-Adamat
This study aimed to investigate the mindfulness level in terms of gender and academic achievement and its relationship to moral anxiety among adolescents. The study was conducted on a sample consisted of (390) adolescents’ students in Al-Salt city, Jordan. Two scales were used in the study, the mindfulness scale, and the moral anxiety scale. The study found that female adolescents have higher...
Nutrients
July 29, 2022
Siti Munirah Abdul Basir, Zahara Abdul Manaf, Fatin Hanani Mazri et al.
Published reports of workplace-based weight management interventions are often poorly described and are focused on dietary, physical, and behavioral management. These strategies are often unsustainable and only have short-term effectiveness. The Mind-SLIMSHAPETM is a mindfulness-integrated multidisciplinary intervention developed to address overweight and obesity problems among desk-bound...
Science Midwifery
July 29, 2022
Mestiana Br. Karo
Mindfulness meditation is an intervention with mindfulness and mind exercises that aims to relax the mind, increase concentration, and find joy and joy. Mindfulness meditation can reduce anxiety. Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state that is disturbed, due to excessive feelings of a stressor that appears, so that it can cause cognitive, somatic, emotional and behavioral discomfort...
Brain Injury
July 29, 2022
Brenda C Lovette, Millan R Kanaya, Sarah M Bannon et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions can support recovery from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Although measurement is a key determinant of outcomes, there is no comprehensive assessment of measurement approaches used to capture outcomes of these programs. Here, we review the domains targeted, measurement techniques used, and domains and techniques most affected by mindfulness-based...
Studies in Asian Social Science
July 29, 2022
Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, Michael C. Dillbeck, David W. Orme-Johnson
This study outlines and empirically tests a field-theoretic view of consciousness and positive social change based on the ancient Vedic tradition of knowledge from India (Veda means “knowledge” in Sanskrit) as brought to light by the Vedic scholar and scientist of consciousness, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In contrast to most contemporary theories of mind and consciousness originating in the West,...
Medicine
July 29, 2022
Si Myeong Lee, Hyo-Weon Suh, Hui-Yong Kwak et al.
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the meditation-based intervention on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Methods: The following databases were searched up to April 2021: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, Medline (via PubMed), PsycARTICLES, 4 Korean databases (Korean Medical Database [KMbase], Koreanstudies Information...
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Configuration
July 28, 2022
Abstract: The present problem of humans in the modern era is to adapt themselves to the changes. The pace of change in this technology society is increasing with such great intensity that the mind is neither able to imitate nor accept it easily. Due to not being able to accept all these changes, a person becomes unbalanced and does not see any way, due to which he becomes a pessimist as well as...
American Journal of Psychiatry
July 28, 2022
Joseph Wielgosz, Tammi R. A. Kral, David M Perlman et al.
21 citations
OBJECTIVE: Mindfulness-based interventions are widely used to target pain, yet their neural mechanisms of action are insufficiently understood. The authors studied neural and subjective pain response in a randomized active-control trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) alongside long-term meditation practitioners. METHODS: Healthy participants (N=115) underwent functional...