Contemporary Clinical Trials
December 27, 2017
Haruka Minami, Hannah R Brinkman, Shadi Nahvi et al.
Background: Although individuals with psychiatric disorders are disproportionately affected by cigarette smoking, few outpatient mental health treatment facilities offer smoking cessation services. In this paper, we describe the development of a smartphone-assisted mindfulness smoking cessation intervention with contingency management (SMI-CM), as well as the design and methods of an ongoing...
December 27, 2017
M. Lawati
Meditation is an ideal method for reaching a deep understanding ofwhat is around us for reachinga state of awareness. Researchers suggest that meditation is necessary for psychological and emotional well-being. It is also the basis of many cognitive processes. It should not be ignored or neglected in the education system. It is essential for educators to develop the skills of meditation because...
Ricerche di pedagogia e didattica
December 22, 2017
Mariarosaria de Simone
2 citations
Background: la mindfulness è una pratica volta alla formazione delle persone circa l’essere presenti accattando la realtà di ciò che esperiscono consapevolmente. Negli ultimi due decenni è stata dimostrata l’efficacia clinica della mindfulness. Recentemente è stato studiato il suo potenziale all’interno dei contesti di apprendimento formale per la formazione degli adulti. Finalità della...
Journal of Further and Higher Education
December 21, 2017
Carly Meredith Ingram, Andrea V. Breen, Tricia Marie van Rhijn
16 citations
Student mental health and well-being are increasing concerns in higher education. This exploratory study examined students’ learning in a mindfulness programme incorporated into an undergraduate class. Six brief mindfulness-based practices were introduced: mindfulness meditation, walking meditation, body scan, mindful eating, loving-kindness and Tonglen meditation. Fourteen students were...
Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion
December 20, 2017
Mette Lund Kristensen
49 citations
The paper emerges from the trend toward a commodification of mindfulness practices, known as McMindfulness. Drawing on a critique of late-modern temporality, the paper examines the use of mindfulness practices as a remedy for the consequences of societal acceleration. However, the paper suggests that mindfulness practices risk reinforcing the problems they were expected to solve. Against the...
Staps
December 19, 2017
Albin Hamard, Marceau Chenault, Laurel McEwen
2 citations
L’objectif de cet article est de comparer diverses pratiques méditatives en Asie et en France afin de caractériser les dénominateurs communs et les variations de ces pratiques de consciences. Les auteurs s’appuient sur une ethnographie multi-site : des monastères en Himalaya bouddhiste, un institut de médecine traditionnelle en Chine, des ermitages et centres de méditation tibétains en France,...
Mindfulness
December 18, 2017
Jenny Gu, Kate Cavanagh, Clara Strauss
Previous research examining the effects of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and their mechanisms of change has been hampered by failure to control for non-specific factors, such as social support and interaction with group members, facilitator contact and expectation of benefit, meaning that it remained possible that benefits of MBIs could have been attributable, perhaps entirely, to...
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
December 18, 2017
Ana Tereza Costa Galvanese, Nelson Filice de Barros, Ana Flávia Pires Lucas d'Oliveira
The article presents an analysis of contributions and challenges associated with bodily practices and meditation for health promotion in the public primary care system. The qualitative study was developed in 16 healthcare units in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, using interviews with 29 health professionals and 36 practitioners of bodily practices and meditation, including participant...
Journal of Medical Internet Research
December 18, 2017
Felix R. Compen, Else Bisseling, Melanie Pj Schellekens et al.
The number of patients living with cancer is growing, and a substantial number of patients suffer from psychological distress. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) seem effective in alleviating psychological distress. Unfortunately, several cancer patients find it difficult, if not impossible, to attend a group-based course. Internet-based MBIs (eMBIs) such as Internet-based mindfulness-based...
Mindfulness
December 18, 2017
Lise Juul, Karen Johanne Pallesen, Jacob Piet et al.
22 citations
We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) when implemented in a community setting as a self-referred and self-paid course. Pre-post changes and Cohen’s d effect sizes were calculated for questionnaire measures of mindfulness, perceived stress, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. We compared these effect sizes with those from intervention groups in...