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Improving Mental Health through Meditation According to Buddhist Psychology

International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology June 28, 2026 Ananya Pradhan

Meditation is a fundamental component of Buddhist psychology and serves as a systematic method for understanding, training, and transforming the human mind. Buddhist psychology explains that human suffering arises from ignorance, attachment, and aversion, while meditation functions as a practical tool for overcoming these mental afflictions. Unlike many modern psychological approaches that...

DOI: 10.48175/ijarsct-37274 Meditation Buddhism Mindfulness Mental health +9

HUBUNGAN PERILAKU EMPATI DENGAN MINDFULNESS PADA SISWA

INSIGHT: Jurnal Bimbingan Konseling June 27, 2026 Shazwina Syifa Aulia Darmawan, Rohmatus Naini, Alif Muarifah et al.

Masa remaja merupakan fase penting dalam pembentukan identitas diri, di mana kemampuan mengelola pengalaman internal dan respons emosional menjadi krusial. Mindfulness berperan dalam menjaga keseimbangan emosi dan kualitas hubungan interpersonal, sedangkan empati menjadi dasar interaksi sosial yang sehat. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis hubungan antara empati dan mindfulness pada siswa...

DOI: 10.21009/insight.151.01

Rapid Reduction in Cancer Worry Through a Mindfulness-based Coping Programme: Evidence from a Randomised Trial with Women Awaiting Biopsy Results.

Seminars in Oncology Nursing June 27, 2026 Fatma Ozlem Uner, Oznur Korukcu

Background: Women referred for cervical screening because of abnormal cervical smears also require emotional and psychological support because of the fear of cancer diagnosis. Objectives: The study aimed to determine the effect of the Mindfulness-Based Coping programme on levels of cancer fear and awareness in women undergoing colposcopy. Methods: This is a prospective, single-centre,...

DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2026.152284 Anxiety Mindfulness Humans Colposcopy +15

Unraveling the mediating role of anxiety and depression: Cultivating mindfulness to improve quality of life in Parkinson's disease patients.

Geriatric Nursing June 27, 2026 Lily Man Lee Chan, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Peter M. Wayne et al.

To explore the associations between mindfulness, psychological distress, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and examine whether psychological distress mediates the association between mindfulness and HRQOL in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). This is a secondary analysis of baseline data from a clinical trial investigating mindfulness-based interventions in patients with...

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.104172 Full text Anxiety Depression Mindfulness Parkinson’s disease +1

Brain mechanisms supporting mindfulness-based chronic pain relief: A randomized, sham-mindfulness meditation controlled mechanistic clinical trial protocol.

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications June 27, 2026 Jon G Dean, Alessandro Allen, Daniel Barrows et al.

Introduction: Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is frequently refractory to pharmacological treatment. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to reduce pain through modulation of self-referential, cognitive and affective mechanisms. However, the neural mechanisms supporting the direct and immediate modulation of movement-evoked cLBP by mindfulness...

DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2026.101665

Shared neural mechanisms of trait mindfulness and hypnotic susceptibility: A scoping review toward a unifying predictive coding framework.

Brain Research Bulletin June 27, 2026 Qiang Chen, Yating Zhang, Chenrui Liu et al.

This scoping review systematically compares the neural mechanisms underlying trait mindfulness and hypnosis susceptibility, focusing on three key dimensions: brain region activation, electroencephalographic (EEG) signals, and core brain networks. The aim is to elucidate potential shared mechanisms involved in conscious state modulation. Through a comprehensive review of existing brain imaging...

DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2026.112021 Full text Mindfulness Attention EEG Hypnosis susceptibility +4

Mindfulness improves stress and psycho-social morbidities of cancer patients: a clinical trial using community group-therapy in the Indian context

ecancermedicalscience June 26, 2026 Anirban Pal, Purnava Mukhopadhyay, Nidhi D Pal et al.

Background: Cancer patients suffer from higher rates of psycho-social challenges. In the Indian context, their stress and psycho-social morbidities are often inadequately addressed. The researchers introduced a brief structured mindfulness group (Group M) therapy for them in a community cancer-care setting. The primary objective was to see an improvement in mental stress. Additionally, changes...

DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2026.2158 Full text

Vipassanā Meditation in Contemporary Psychiatry: Transformation of a Buddhist Practice into a Mental Health Intervention

Kamali: Jurnal Ilmu Agama June 26, 2026 Dimas Andri Wijaya, Anna Miharti, Meilisa Ratnawati et al.

The integration of meditation practices into contemporary psychiatry reflects a shift from a reductionistic biomedical model to a more holistic approach to mental health. However, the epistemological transformation of Buddhist practices such as Vipassanā into a secular-psychological framework still leaves conceptual and methodological problems that have not been critically and comprehensively...

DOI: 10.64691/z7zf2859 Meditation Mindfulness Buddhism Mental health +14

Editorial: Applications of mindfulness in media and communication studies.

Frontiers in Psychology June 26, 2026

Mindfulness has traditionally been studied as a psychological capacity centered on present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental attention. In the digital age, however, mindfulness is increasingly being reframed as a media-facing self-regulation capacity: it can buffer against technology-related stressors, reshape media consumption patterns, and support healthier engagement in online social...

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1886419

Development and usability testing of a mindfulness-based smoking cessation app for adults with low income: "It's helped me to not react and grab a cigarette".

Journal of Health Psychology June 26, 2026

Adults with low socioeconomic status (SES) experience profound tobacco-related health disparities. This paper describes the development of a mobile application, iQuit Mindfully 2.0, to provide accessible mindfulness training for smoking cessation for adults with low SES. In the initial usability study, adults with low SES who smoked ( N = 16) used the app for 2 weeks and provided feedback...

DOI: 10.1177/13591053261461905