Frontiers in Pharmacology
2020
Joaquim Soler, Matilde Elices, Elisabeth Dominguez-Clavé et al.
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Mindfulness
2020
Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Oleg N. Medvedev et al.
Caregivers of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are often stressed due to the demands of the job, including the nature and severity of challenging behaviors of the clients, work conditions, degree of management support for the staff, and the demands of implementing some interventions under adverse conditions. Mindfulness-Based Positive Behavior Support (MBPBS) and PBS...
2020
David J. Kearney, Tracy L. Simpson
Our journey teaching, researching, and organizing mindfulness programs did not begin with a focus on trauma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Instead, my (David Kearney’s) aim nearly 15 years ago was to offer mindfulness programs with the hope that teaching mindfulness would mitigate the suffering of patients with chronic medical conditions. Although the system in which I practice...
International Journal of Yoga
2020
Stefanie L Smith, Wendy Hoon Langen
Chronic pain is a serious public health problem that affects people of all ages and backgrounds. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques offer an accessible treatment modality for chronic pain patients that may complement or replace pharmacological treatment. This article reviews the literature on the efficacy of MBSR training in patients with back chronic pain syndromes for the...
Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice
2020
Stephanie N. Williams, Monica M. Parkins, Breanne Benedict et al.
ABSTRACT This study examined the clinical utility of a meditation, mindfulness, and mantra intervention for youth experiencing serious mental illness while incarcerated. Participants were 17 adolescent males, aged 16 to 18, from two units of a county detention center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Eleven (64.7%) participants were Latino-American, one (5.9 %) was Black/African American, three...
2020
J. Tee, S. K. Phang, Jen-Chew Wei et al.
Meditation is a commonly adopted lifestyle practice for the associated benefits in increasing mental and emotional wellbeing. Meditation can be described as a non-physical exercise of being in a sustained state of mental relaxation and focused attention. When exiting a meditation state, be it voluntarily or otherwise externally disturbed, a transition Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal can be...
Journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies
2020
Maryam Khadir Zareh, Ahmad Sohrabi
Background and Purpose: Early conceptualizations of anxiety indicate that maladaptive cognitions cause and maintain anxiety disorders so that anxious people show bias in processing information, prefer to pay attention to threatening stimuli, and interpret emotional ambiguity in a threatening direction. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness...
Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling
2020
Farzad Shakoei, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Anahita Mahlouji et al.
Aim: The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on anxiety and rumination in married women with generalized anxiety. Methods: The present quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all married women with a generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in Tehran. Among them, we selected...
Academic Leadership Journal in Student Research
2020
Katelyn J. Haschke, Whitney Whitaker, Jordan Null et al.
Research indicates that practicing mindfulness over an extended period of time (e.g., 20-45 minutes a day) may positively impact an individual’s overall well-being; however, limited empirical attention has tested the effectiveness of brief mindfulness practices. The current study examined how brief mindfulness practices influence symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among college...
Archive ouverte UNIGE
2020
Olga Vorontsova-Wenger
Le stress est omniprésent et est un des principaux facteurs affectant la santé mentale dans notre société. Le stress peut provoquer des troubles au niveau de l'intégrité physique, psychologique et sociale d'un individu. La littérature rapporte le taux élevé de stress et des symptômes psychopathologiques dans la population mondiale des étudiants. Nous avons évalué la présence de stress, de...