Medical Sciences
May 21, 2021
Rishi Shukla, Manisha Gupta, Neha Agarwal et al.
Mindfulness Meditation (MM) is known to improve glycemic control and enhance the quality of life (QoL) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. Unfortunately, the role of meditation in type 1 diabetes (T1D) has not been studied extensively. Therefore, we conducted this study to determine the effect of MM on the glycemic control and QoL in people living with T1D. Thirty-two adults living with T1D were...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
May 21, 2021
A. Accoto, Salvatore G Chiarella, Antonino Raffone et al.
The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown have been widely recognized as traumatic events that pose threats to psychological well-being. Recent studies reported that during such traumatic events, women tend to be at greater risk than men for developing symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. Several studies reported that a mindfulness-based stress reduction...
Journal of Clinical Oncology
May 20, 2021
Anne Hudson Blaes, Patricia Jewett, Prabhjot Nijjar et al.
e24058 Background: Breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitors (AIs) can develop endothelial dysfunction, a measure of increased CV risk. Stress modifying techniques such as MBSR may improve CV function and quality of life (QOL). We present data of a pilot study assessing the impact of MBSR on endothelial dysfunction and psychosocial outcomes. Methods: 31 women with locally advanced breast...
Applied Cognitive Psychology
May 20, 2021
Ana Junça-Silva, Catarina Pombeira, António Caetano
65 citations
Summary This study aims to expand the knowledge on the affective events theory by: (1) testing the mediating role of affect in the relationship between micro‐daily events and well‐being, (2) and analyzing the moderating role of mindfulness in this mediated relationship. To achieve these goals, we collected data with 393 working adults. The results showed that: (1) affect mediates the...
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
May 19, 2021
Taghrid Asfar, Tulay Koru‐Sengul, Debra W. Annane et al.
5 citations
Approximately 45% of young cancer survivors (18-40 years) are cigarette smokers. Continued smoking after cancer diagnosis leads to lower survival rates. A major logistical problem with smoking cessation efforts in this group is their geographic dispersion which makes them hard to reach. In addition, depression is a major predictor of smoking relapse and its rates are roughly twice as high in...
Psychoneuroendocrinology
May 19, 2021
J. Gordon, M. Halleran, Shadi Beshai et al.
BACKGROUND The menopause transition is associated with an increased risk of depressive symptoms. The current study aimed to test whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, an 8-week group intervention involving meditation and yoga, might reduce the risk of depressive symptoms among perimenopausal women. A secondary aim was to examine baseline characteristics, including sensitivity to estradiol...
MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends & Practices
May 19, 2021
Shaveta Sharma Sharma
The present study aims to investigate depression among adolescents with spiritual intelligence and mindfulness. The study was conducted on 500 adolescents studying in government and private schools/colleges in Karnataka. The sample of 500 adolescents was drawn from five randomly selected districts in Karnataka. The Spiritual Intelligence Scale (SIS-MK) by Misra (2014) Misra (2014), the...
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
May 18, 2021
Johannes Alfons Karl, Finley Ngarangi Johnson, Luisa Bucci et al.
We provide a critical review of mindfulness research, focusing on three core areas and questions. First, a meta-review and bibliometric analysis on mindfulness research trends identified a large number of meta-analyses published in the last 20 years, which tend to show positive effects on average, despite continuing questions on research quality, unclear pathways and uncertainty about the...
Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi
May 18, 2021
Luna Sun, Jingwen Gu, Lijun Huang et al.
Purpose Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant global mental health concern, especially in the military. This study aims to estimate the efficacy of mindfulness meditation in the treatment of military-related PTSD, by synthesizing evidences from randomized controlled trials. Methods Five electronic databases (Pubmed, EBSCO Medline, Embase, PsychINFO and Cochrane Library) were...
Clinical Psychological Science
May 18, 2021
Willoughby B. Britton, Jared R. Lindahl, David J. C. Cooper et al.
Research on the adverse effects of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) has been sparse and hindered by methodological imprecision. The 44-item Meditation Experiences Interview (MedEx-I) was used by an independent assessor to measure meditation-related side effects (MRSEs) following three variants of an 8-week program of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (n = 96). Each item was queried for...