OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
December 23, 2018
Andrew J Hede
Background: Meditation has developed over many centuries within a diverse range of religious traditions including Middle-Eastern, Indian, and East-Asian. Of these, mindfulness meditation from the Buddhist (Indian) tradition, has been the most extensively adopted in the Western secular world primarily with applications in health and well-being as pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Review: While...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
December 21, 2018
Heather L. Rusch, Michael Del Rosario, Lisa M. Levison et al.
496 citations
There is a growing interest in the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation for sleep disturbed populations. Our study sought to evaluate the effect of mindfulness meditation interventions on sleep quality. To assess for relative efficacy, comparator groups were restricted to specific active controls (such as evidenced-based sleep treatments) and nonspecific active controls (such as...
Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology
December 20, 2018
Pratap Sanchetee, Samani Shreyas Pragya
8 citations
Aims: The present study aims at demonstrating changes in alpha wave frequency on electroencephalograph (EEG) at two and four months of preksha meditation training in young novice students. Materials and Methods: Participants included 52 girls between the 17 to 21 years of age from a local college selected using a convenience sampling technique. They were randomly divided into experimental (n =...
Nursing Open
December 18, 2018
Jing Li, Hong Luo, Ling Long
Aim: To explore what the women experience during their first IVF-ET treatment while participating a mindfulness-based intervention for IVF-ET (MBII), and how they use it to enhance their infertility-related quality of life (QoL). Design: Qualitative exploratory design. Methods: As part of a larger multimethod study, this study shares the description from 38 IVF-ET women. We conducted...
Neural Plasticity
December 18, 2018
Anna Lardone, Marianna Liparoti, Pierpaolo Sorrentino et al.
72 citations
It has been suggested that the practice of meditation is associated to neuroplasticity phenomena, reducing age-related brain degeneration and improving cognitive functions. Neuroimaging studies have shown that the brain connectivity changes in meditators. In the present work, we aim to describe the possible long-term effects of meditation on the brain networks. To this aim, we used...
Journal of Women's Health
December 13, 2018
Dawn M Upchurch, Pamela Jo Johnson
Introduction: Meditation is a common type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and the evidence for its usefulness for health promotion is growing. Women have higher rates of overall CAM use than men do, but little is known about gender differences in meditation practices, reasons for use, or perceived benefits. Methods: Data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)...
Current Opinion in Psychology
December 13, 2018
Yoona Kang
Distinct types of meditation practice addressed in this review can help cultivate skills people may bring to later social interactions. We examine self-transcendence, or the drive to benefit others beyond the self, as a key mechanism through which meditation may promote positive social outcomes. Self-transcendence cultivated through various styles of meditation can impact social outcomes...
Frontiers in Psychology
December 12, 2018
Brigid Foster, Justine Lomas, Luke A. Downey et al.
High anxiety and depression are often observed in the Australian adolescent population, and if left untreated, can have long-term negative consequences impacting educational attainment and a range of important life outcomes. The utilization of mindfulness techniques has been associated with decreased anxiety and depression, but the underlying mechanisms for this is only beginning to be...
PLoS One
December 12, 2018
Matthew J. Hirshberg, Simon B. Goldberg, S. Schaefer et al.
33 citations
Mindfulness practices are increasingly being utilized as a method for cultivating well-being. The term mindfulness is often used as an umbrella for a variety of different practices and many mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) contain multiple styles of practice. Despite the diversity of practices within MBIs, few studies have investigated whether constituent practices produce specific...
Frontiers in Psychology
December 11, 2018
Thomas Anderson, Norman A. S. Farb
Many people are starting to establish contemplative practices and Mindfulness-Based Interventions have become quite popular. While Mindfulness-Based Interventions positively impact well-being, drop-out and lack of practice-maintenance plagues these interventions. Such adherence issues may reveal a lack of fit between participant partiality for attentional anchors of meditative practice and the...