“Scaling Out” a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Through a Youth Mentoring Program: Preliminary Evidence for Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy
ConclusionsResults suggest that it is feasible, acceptable, and potentially effective to expand MBI via mentoring programs for adolescents at high risk for mental health symptoms.PreregistrationThis study was not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mind the Echo Chamber: Mindfulness as a Contemplative Practice That can Contribute to Public Health
AbstractWe offer an invited commentary on the article entitled “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda” by Doug Oman. First, we question his proposal that it would be advantageous to include a more diverse set of contemplative practices under the mindfulness umbrella term, and instead we argue for the opposite. We propose that ac ademics move the term mindfulness away from the spotlight, acknowledging the role of popular culture in its constant reshaping, while studying the mechanisms and outcomes of contemplative practices such as mindfulness using better delineated terms from relevant acad...
Source: Mindfulness - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Ethical Dimensions of Mindfulness in Public Health
AbstractThis commentary on “Mindfulness for global public health: Critical analysis and agenda” seeks to add to the discussion by considering, what are the moral or ethical implications of introducing mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) into public health? An open question should be asked: Do MBIs promote “moral heal th,” a type of mental well-being based on moral integrity? Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the moral influences of MBIs on individuals, but more concerning is the complete absence of population or collective-based data. Moreover, the data on the moral influences o...
Source: Mindfulness - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dispositional Mindfulness and Neural Activity in Youth: A Systematic Review
ConclusionsDue to the low number of papers, it is difficult to reach a conclusion. Given the need to further investigate the neural correlates of dispositional mindfulness in adolescents to understand the positive behavioral outcomes that are associated with mindfulness, we suggest caveats and perspectives for future studies.PreregistrationThis systematic review is not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“Scaling Out” a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Through a Youth Mentoring Program: Preliminary Evidence for Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy
ConclusionsResults suggest that it is feasible, acceptable, and potentially effective to expand MBI via mentoring programs for adolescents at high risk for mental health symptoms.PreregistrationThis study was not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mind the Echo Chamber: Mindfulness as a Contemplative Practice That can Contribute to Public Health
AbstractWe offer an invited commentary on the article entitled “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda” by Doug Oman. First, we question his proposal that it would be advantageous to include a more diverse set of contemplative practices under the mindfulness umbrella term, and instead we argue for the opposite. We propose that ac ademics move the term mindfulness away from the spotlight, acknowledging the role of popular culture in its constant reshaping, while studying the mechanisms and outcomes of contemplative practices such as mindfulness using better delineated terms from relevant acad...
Source: Mindfulness - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Ethical Dimensions of Mindfulness in Public Health
AbstractThis commentary on “Mindfulness for global public health: Critical analysis and agenda” seeks to add to the discussion by considering, what are the moral or ethical implications of introducing mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) into public health? An open question should be asked: Do MBIs promote “moral heal th,” a type of mental well-being based on moral integrity? Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the moral influences of MBIs on individuals, but more concerning is the complete absence of population or collective-based data. Moreover, the data on the moral influences o...
Source: Mindfulness - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mindfulness and Cardiometabolic Health During Pregnancy: An Integrative Review
ConclusionsThere currently exists limited quality evidence for mindfulness practices to support prenatal cardiometabolic health. Further rigorous studies are required to understand whether prenatal mindfulness-based interventions, either alone or in combination with other lifestyle modalities, can benefit cardiometabolic health.PreregistrationThis study is not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - March 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Addressing Ethical Concerns in Implementing Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Educational Setting
AbstractThe burgeoning interest in mindfulness and the way it has been stripped from its Buddhist ontological roots and popularized in the West has recently raised ethical concerns regarding its application in various domains, and more specifically in the educational field. We will address in this article three main ethical concerns regarding implementing mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in the educational field. Firstly, how do we help educators and students cultivate personal awareness while at the same time being conscious of the needs of others and promote a pro-social orientation? Secondly, how do we ethically i...
Source: Mindfulness - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Conceptualizations of Mindfulness Among Experienced Practitioners
ConclusionsWhile the present study demonstrated broad general agreement in understandings of mindfulness among experienced practitioners and researchers, future research is needed to account for specific differences in understandings to work toward more comprehensive operational definitions of mindfulness. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Addressing Ethical Concerns in Implementing Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Educational Setting
AbstractThe burgeoning interest in mindfulness and the way it has been stripped from its Buddhist ontological roots and popularized in the West has recently raised ethical concerns regarding its application in various domains, and more specifically in the educational field. We will address in this article three main ethical concerns regarding implementing mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in the educational field. Firstly, how do we help educators and students cultivate personal awareness while at the same time being conscious of the needs of others and promote a pro-social orientation? Secondly, how do we ethically i...
Source: Mindfulness - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Conceptualizations of Mindfulness Among Experienced Practitioners
ConclusionsWhile the present study demonstrated broad general agreement in understandings of mindfulness among experienced practitioners and researchers, future research is needed to account for specific differences in understandings to work toward more comprehensive operational definitions of mindfulness. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Facing Obstacles with Equanimity: Trait Equanimity Attenuates the Positive Relations Between Values Obstruction and Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
ConclusionsThe present research offers preliminary evidence that dispositional equanimity attenuates the psychological distress that is typically associated with values obstruction. Future research can investigate whether cultivating an equanimous disposition through mindfulness exercises helps individuals to respond to obstacles in a manner that reduces adventitious suffering.PreregistrationThis study is not preregistered. (Source: Mindfulness)
Source: Mindfulness - March 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
