School Psychology International
June 1, 2018
Dana Carsley, Nancy L. Heath
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a mindfulness art activity (mandala) with a free draw/colouring activity on test anxiety in adolescents with an examination of gender differences, and to assess the effect of dispositional mindfulness on students’ experience of mindfulness and test anxiety states. Participants were 193 Grade 8 students (56.6% female; M age = 13.49...
BMJ Open
June 1, 2018
Clare Samantha Rees, Mark A. Craigie, Susan Slatyer et al.
24 citations
INTRODUCTION: The Mindful Self-Care and Resiliency (MSCR) programme is a brief psychosocial intervention designed to promote resilience among various occupational groups. The intervention is based on the principles of mindfulness and also incorporates an educational self-care component. The current paper presents the protocol for a pilot study that will evaluate the effectiveness of this...
Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology
June 1, 2018
Munazilah Munazilah, Nida Ul Hasanat
Abstract. This study was conducted in individuals with chronic diseases, namely coronary heart disease (CHD). Individuals with CHD experience changes in various aspects of life that create stress in the form of anxiety. The MBSR program can improve the parasympathetic nervous system, reduce the production of adrenaline and epinephrine so that symptoms of stress and anxiety can decrease. The...
Journal of International Buddhist Studies
June 1, 2018
Yuttapong Chatchawanwan
This study attempts to analyze the result of the relationship between cycling and mindfulness practice. While human being is fully occupied and has limited time joining meditation in the temple, applying sport exercised in routine’s daily life became another choice in order to be mindful. This study applied qualitative method by analyze former sport science researches that related to benefits...
Chronic illness
June 2018
Robert Simpson, Sharon Byrne, Karen Wood et al.
Objectives To gather views from patients with multiple sclerosis after completing a standard eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction course and optimise and test a modified version as required. Methods Two successive groups of 25 multiple sclerosis patients received mindfulness-based stress reduction in a wait-list randomised controlled trial. Seventeen participants and two...
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
June 2018
Astrid Meesters, Yvo M C In Den Bosch-Meevissen, Chantal A H Weijzen et al.
Psychological factors have been shown to influence the process of wound healing. This study examined the effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on the speed of wound healing. The local production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors was studied as potential underlying mechanism. Forty-nine adults were randomly allocated to a waiting-list control group (n = 26) or an...
Clinical journal of oncology nursing
June 1, 2018
Elizabeth A Vaclavik, Beth A Staffileno, Elizabeth Carlson
Studies have shown that the moral distress experienced by nurses affects patient outcomes and staff engagement. The purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to implement a process for staff to cope with moral distress. The 21-item Moral Distress Scale-Revised (MDS-R) was administered pre- and postintervention to a sample of 56 oncology nurses to assess moral distress and whether it...
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
June 2018
Eliza Hoxhaj, C Sadohara, P Borel et al.
Mindfulness training is a promising treatment approach in adult ADHD. However, there has not yet been a randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness to an active control condition. In this study, we assessed the efficacy of a mindfulness training program (MAP) compared to structured psychoeducation (PE). After randomization 81 medication-free adult ADHD patients participated either in an...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
June 2018
Eva Andreotti, Anne Congard, Sarah Le Vigouroux et al.
This preliminary study aimed to understand the effects of an autonomous mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on mindlessness propensities: rumination, automatic pilot functioning, and attentional distractibility. The ecological momentary assessment was completed by community participants assigned to two nonrandomized groups: an experimental group (n = 45) that practiced 20-minute daily...
Clinical Psychology Forum
June 1, 2018
Kate Williams, Kelly Birtwell
2 citations
Recent NHS initiatives aim to increase the implementation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). We highlight considerations for maintaining integrity whilst increasing access through an enhanced understanding of the complexity of MBCT, teacher training requirements, good practice guidelines, and the evidence base.