Compassion and Skillful Means: Diverse Views, Novel Insights, and Extended Applications for Compassion Science and Training
AbstractCompassion science has been shaped and guided by Mah āyāna Buddhist conceptions of compassion, including the potential for compassion to be cultivated through contemplative practices and training. Despite these influences, important Buddhist perspectives and ideas about compassion are still underrepresented in the scientific literature. This Special Issue focuses on initiating a body of literature onskillful means, a foundational idea from Mah āyāna Buddhism pertaining to the enactment of compassion joined with wisdom. Arising from a seminal Think Tank centered around compassion and skillful means, scholars and...
Source: Mindfulness - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Validation of a Chinese Short Version of the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS-17) Among People Recovering from Mental Illness
ConclusionsThe KIMS-17 is an appropriate brief and multidimensional mindfulness measure for people with mental illness, regardless of their level of experience in contemplative practice. Engaging in contemplative practices, whether rarely or frequently, may contribute to improvement in mindfulness and facilitate personal recovery. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Mental and Physical Health Impacts of Mindfulness Training for College Undergraduates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
ConclusionsMindfulness programs improve well-being in college students, with the strongest evidence for reducing anxiety and depressive symptoms. More studies utilizing stronger methods are needed to evaluate mindfulness programs ’ effects on additional health outcomes and online interventions in clinical populations.PreregistrationThe  study protocol was preregistered (PROSPERO CRD42017052459). (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Examining How Headspace Impacts Mindfulness Mechanisms Over an 8-Week App-Based Mindfulness Intervention
ConclusionsResults demonstrate the potential for rapid and sustained improvements in mindfulness mechanisms following an app-based mindfulness intervention.PreregistrationThe study was preregistered on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03652168. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Compassion and Skillful Means: Diverse Views, Novel Insights, and Extended Applications for Compassion Science and Training
AbstractCompassion science has been shaped and guided by Mah āyāna Buddhist conceptions of compassion, including the potential for compassion to be cultivated through contemplative practices and training. Despite these influences, important Buddhist perspectives and ideas about compassion are still underrepresented in the scientific literature. This Special Issue focuses on initiating a body of literature onskillful means, a foundational idea from Mah āyāna Buddhism pertaining to the enactment of compassion joined with wisdom. Arising from a seminal Think Tank centered around compassion and skillful means, scholars and...
Source: Mindfulness - September 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Network Analysis Reveals Unique Associations of Mindfulness and Distress with Immunity in M āori and Non-Māori New Zealanders
ConclusionsThese findings suggest that anxiety is strongly linked to poor immunity across both M āori and non-Māori in New Zealand while networks of mindfulness and distress also demonstrated differences unique for each of these groups. Both similarities and differences between Māori and non-Māori should be considered when developing targeted interventions to improve physical and mental hea lth in New Zealand.PreregistrationThis study is not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

What Do (and Don ’t) We Know About Self-Compassion? Trends and Issues in Theory, Mechanisms, and Outcomes
ConclusionsTo address the limitations, we suggest embracing and assessing multiple conceptualizations of self-compassion, empirically testing a wider range of plausible mediators, and investigating a broader range of outcomes, including those in both interpersonal and social spheres. Ongoing consideration of such issues will facilitate our empirical and theoretical understanding of self-compassion, enabling us to adapt more efficient interventions to benefit a wider group of individuals and our society at large. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Network Analysis Reveals Unique Associations of Mindfulness and Distress with Immunity in M āori and Non-Māori New Zealanders
ConclusionsThese findings suggest that anxiety is strongly linked to poor immunity across both M āori and non-Māori in New Zealand while networks of mindfulness and distress also demonstrated differences unique for each of these groups. Both similarities and differences between Māori and non-Māori should be considered when developing targeted interventions to improve physical and mental hea lth in New Zealand.PreregistrationThis study is not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

What Do (and Don ’t) We Know About Self-Compassion? Trends and Issues in Theory, Mechanisms, and Outcomes
ConclusionsTo address the limitations, we suggest embracing and assessing multiple conceptualizations of self-compassion, empirically testing a wider range of plausible mediators, and investigating a broader range of outcomes, including those in both interpersonal and social spheres. Ongoing consideration of such issues will facilitate our empirical and theoretical understanding of self-compassion, enabling us to adapt more efficient interventions to benefit a wider group of individuals and our society at large. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Mindfulness and Happiness
In conclusion, a non-dualistic perspective on happiness that transcends the dualities of pleasure and suffering and recognizes the impermanent nature of all phenomena, including mental states, is fully embraced. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

What Mindfulness, and for Whom? And Why Might it Work?
AbstractThis comment on “Mindfulness for global public health: Critical analysis and agenda” by Doug Oman focuses on the difficulties associated with the current use and understanding of the term mindfulness. In particular, I argue that the current lack of agreement on what mindfulness practice is, or, perhaps more rea listically, what mindfulness practices are, and how their effects can be explained might jeopardize such an integration process in the long run. In the literature, one can find widely differing conceptions of what constitutes a mindfulness practice. Moreover, there is clear evidence that different m indf...
Source: Mindfulness - September 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Meditation App Habits and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Meditation App Users During the COVID-19 Pandemic
ConclusionsThese findings underline the potential of regular use of mindfulness meditation apps in maintaining mental health during ongoing stressors like the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research should investigate the causal relationship between mindfulness meditation app habits and mental health, as well as identify strategies to promote strong mindfulness meditation app habits that may protect mental health when exposed to prolonged and pervasive stressors.PreregistrationThis study is not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Dynamic and Bidirectional Relation Between Mindfulness and Procrastination Among Female College Students
ConclusionsOur findings provided valuable insights into mindfulness-based preventions and interventions. This study not only supported the role of mindfulness in reducing procrastination, but more importantly, highlighted the importance of targeting particular dimensions of mindfulness, rather than considering it as a whole, to enhance the effectiveness of mindfulness practices in addressing procrastination.PreregistrationThis study is not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - September 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research