Journal of Psychosomatic Research
November 2018
Rachael A Heckenberg, Pennie Eddy, Stephen Kent et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have been related with improved job satisfaction, wellbeing, health, and reduced workplace stress with employees. However, until now, synthesis of the evidence of the effect of MBIs on physiological indices associated with stress and ill-health has been lacking. Therefore the current systematic review aimed to synthesise the literature from employee samples...
Journal of Counseling Psychology
November 2018
Marianne Stone, Myrna L Friedlander, Mariola Moeyaert
In this article we describe and illustrate various visual and nonparametric techniques that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in single-case experiments. Using an alternating treatments design across 2 cases, we tested whether practicing mindfulness would help a novice therapist stay focused and respond to a client more empathically and genuinely. Specifically, after...
BMJ Open
November 1, 2018
S. Chan, De-Xing Zhang, Susan M. Bögels et al.
Introduction Mindfulness is one of the potential alternative interventions for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Some evidence suggests that mindfulness is related to changes in brain regions associated with ADHD. The potential benefits of mindfulness on children with ADHD, as well as the feasibility of this intervention approach, are warranted through prior local...
Explore
November 1, 2018
Naresh K. Patel, L. Nivethitha, A. Mooventhan
HighlightsPractice of MEMT 45 min a day for 2 weeks improves emotional regulation, positive affect, self compassion and mindfulness and reduces negative affect.All the subjects were actively participated in intervention.No adverse effects were reported throughout the study period.Intervention is feasible, easy, safe and cost‐effective. Background: Emotion regulation is often a challenge for the...
Holistic Nursing Practice
November 1, 2018
Cara C. Young, Haruka Minami, Rodolfo Aguilar et al.
This study tested the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a mindfulness-based intervention with at-risk adolescents from a predominantly Hispanic/Latino community. Seven adolescents (57% female, 85% Hispanic/Latino) completed the mindfulness-based intervention, demonstrating feasibility, and reported acceptability as well as sustained improvements in depressive symptoms,...
Brain Stimulation
November 1, 2018
Olivier Bodart, Matteo Fecchio, Marcello Massimini et al.
Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. Previous studies have demonstrated that meditation may have positive effects on self-awareness, emotion regulation, attention processes, and also structural neuroplasticity [1]. However, the...
Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
November 1, 2018
Soo-Hee Choi, Seung Chan An, Ul Soon Lee et al.
Objective: Meditation can elicit trait-like changes in psychological and social styles, as well as enhancement of emotional regulatory capacity. We investigated the relation between personality traits and emotional intelligence in meditation practitioners. Methods: Seventy-two long-term practitioners of mind-body training (MBT) and 62 healthy comparative individuals participated in the study....
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy
November 1, 2018
Seung Suk Kang, Christopher R Erbes, Greg J Lamberty et al.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a mental technique using a mantra to facilitate meditation. TM has a potential for treating symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but its clinical efficacy remains to be clarified. This pilot study evaluated the acceptability, preliminary effectiveness, and neurophysiology of TM for veterans with PTSD. Twenty-nine veterans (20.7% female) were...
Cognitive Processing
November 1, 2018
Laxmi Shaw, Aurobinda Routray
Due to the presence of nonlinearity and volume conduction in electroencephalography (EEG), sometimes it's challenging to find out the actual brain network from neurodynamical alteration. In this paper, two well-known time-frequency brain connectivity measures, namely partial directed coherence (PDC) and directed transfer function (DTF), have been applied to evaluate the performance analysis of...
The Oxford Handbook of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
November 1, 2018
Maggie Stanton, Christine Dunkley
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) differs from other approaches by teaching mindfulness as a set of skills. In contrast to mindfulness-based therapies such as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), DBT makes a distinction between observe, describe, and participate (the “What Skills”) and teaches each as a separate skill. DBT makes explicit...