The advent of neuroimaging methodologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), has significantly advanced our understanding of the neurophysiological processes supporting a wide spectrum of mind-body approaches to treat pain. A promising self-regulatory practice, mindfulness meditation, reliably alleviates experimentally induced and clinical pain. Yet, the neural mechanisms...
Emotional intelligence refers to the capability of a person to manage and control his or her emotions and possess the ability to control the emotions of others as well. Research studies reveal that one can develop their emotional intelligence by knowing the fact of chakras meditation and practising the power of chakras which controls particular parts of the body, energizing particular organs...
The purpose of this study was to compare mental health, death anxiety and defense mechanisms in addicted and nonaddicted people. The research method is descriptive of comparative causal type. The statistical population of the study consisted of all addicts and nonaddicted people in Zahedan city. The sample consisted of 200 people (100 addicted men and 100 non-addicted men) who were volunteers...
This study examined mood enhancement effects from 4-week focusing attention (FA) meditation and 4-week open monitoring (OM) meditation in an 8-week mindfulness training program designed for ordinary individuals. Forty participants were randomly assigned to a training group or a control group. All participants were asked to perform cognitive tasks and subjective scale tests at three time points...
OBJECTIVE Research has suggested that subanesthetic doses of ketamine may work to improve cocaine-related vulnerabilities and facilitate efforts at behavioral modification. The purpose of this trial was to test whether a single ketamine infusion improved treatment outcomes in cocaine-dependent adults engaged in mindfulness-based relapse prevention. METHODS Fifty-five cocaine-dependent...
Background Mindfulness-based intervention has been found efficacious in reducing primary headaches and negative cognitive-related pain. However, little is known about the potential moderators in this regard. One of the most important moderators affecting the headaches is Alexithymia. Objective The present study investigated the moderating role of Alexithymia on the effect of Mindfulness- Based...
Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan eskperimen two gruop yang bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh meditasi vipasnaa terhadap fear of missing out. Subjek pada penelitian ini adalah 30 mahasiswi yang mengalami fear of missing out dalam kategori parah. Subjek penelitian ini selanjutnya dibagi dalam dua kelompok yaitu 15 mahasiswi yang diberikan meditasi vippasana dan 15 mahasiswi lainnya diberikan...
The benefits of mindfulness for a variety of clinical and nonclinical populations are well established and there is growing interest in the potential of mindfulness in higher education. This article reports on the results from a randomized wait-list controlled study of Mindfulness-Based Coping With University Life (MBCUL), an adaption of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for university...
Mindfulness intervention aims to reduce stress and to improve physical and mental health. The present study investigated feasibility and effectiveness of mindfulness intervention in a prison context, in both a qualitative and quantitative fashion. Specifically, the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention was investigated, in a retrospective pre-post design, in five Dutch prisons....
ABSTRACT Emerging evidence indicates that mindfulness-based interventions are effective treatments for children and adolescents with ADHD. However, many clinicians are unaware of the application of mindfulness interventions in general and how they apply to this specific population. Thus, the purpose of this article is to examine the use of mindfulness training used to address common symptoms of...