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Mindfulness-based stress reduction: facilitating work outcomes through experienced affect and highquality relationships." dissertation
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction: facilitating work outcomes through experienced affect and high-quality relationships
Mind the gap in mindfulness research: a comparative account of the leading schools of thought.
- Rev. Gen. Psychol.
, 2013
"... The literature on mindfulness has been dominated by the two leading schools of thought: one advanced by Langer and her colleagues; the other developed by Kabat-Zinn and his associates. Curiously, the two strands of research have been running in parallel lines for more than 30 years, scarcely addres ..."
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The literature on mindfulness has been dominated by the two leading schools of thought: one advanced by Langer and her colleagues; the other developed by Kabat-Zinn and his associates. Curiously, the two strands of research have been running in parallel lines for more than 30 years, scarcely addressing each others' work, and with almost no attempt to clarify the relationship between them. In view of this gap, this article sought to systematically compare and contrast the two lines of research. The comparison between the two schools of thought suggests that although there are some similarities in their definitions of mindfulness, they differ in several core aspects: their philosophies, the components of their constructs, their goals, their theoretical scope, their measurement tools, their conceptual focus, their target audiences, the interventions they employ, the mechanisms underlying these interventions, and the outcomes of their interventions. However, the analysis also revealed that self-regulation is a core mechanism in both perspectives, which seems to mediate the impact of their interventions. In view of the differences between the two strands of research, we propose that they be given different titles that capture their prime features. We suggest "creative mindfulness" for Langer and her colleagues' scholarship, and "meditative mindfulness" for Kabat-Zinn and his associates' scholarly work.
Articles Mind-Body Interventions to Reduce Risk for Health Disparities Related to Stress and Strength Among African American Women: The Potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Loving-Kindness, and the NTU Therapeutic Framework
"... In the current article, the authors examine the potential role of mind-body interventions for preventing or reducing health disparities in a specific group—African American women. The authors first discuss how health disparities affect this group, including empirical evidence regarding the influ-enc ..."
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In the current article, the authors examine the potential role of mind-body interventions for preventing or reducing health disparities in a specific group—African American women. The authors first discuss how health disparities affect this group, including empirical evidence regarding the influ-ence of biopsychosocial processes (e.g., psychological stress and social context) on disparate health outcomes. They also detail how African American women’s unique stress experiences as a result of distinct sociohistorical and cultural experiences related to race and gender potentially widen expo-sure to stressors and influence stress responses and coping behaviors. Using two independent, but related, frameworks (Superwoman Schema [SWS] and the Strong Black Woman Script [SBW-S]), they discuss how, for African American women, stress is affected by ‘‘strength’ ’ (vis-à-vis resilience, fortitude, and self-sufficiency) and the emergent health-compromising behaviors related to strength (e.g., emotional suppression, extraordinary caregiving, and self-care postponement). The authors then describe the potential utility of three mind-body interventions—mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), loving-kindness meditation (LKM), and NTU psychotherapy—for specifically
REVIEWS OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON ATTENTION PLACEBO FOR ANXIETY OR PHOBIA RELATED PROBLEMS
, 2011
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Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Downloaded 16-May-2016 18:02:58
Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on Health Among Breast Cancer Survivors
"... The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a MBSR program on physiological and psychological outcomes among early-stage breast cancer survivors. A quasi-experimental, pre- and posttest control group design was selected. The intervention group received the MBSR intervention. The con-trol ..."
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a MBSR program on physiological and psychological outcomes among early-stage breast cancer survivors. A quasi-experimental, pre- and posttest control group design was selected. The intervention group received the MBSR intervention. The con-trol group received no MBSR intervention. ANOVA and ANCOVA were used to analyze data. The intervention group demonstrated statistically sig-nificant improvement in physiological and psychological outcomes includ-ing reduced blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate and increased mindfulness state at the level of p =.05 to p =.001. The effects of MBSR on reducing stress in this sample were statistically significant on the physiologi-cal outcome (morning cortisol) at the measurement after the intervention completion, but this effect was not sustained at 1-month follow-up. MBSR showed a trend toward improving psychological outcomes by reducing mood disturbance in this sample. at PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on May 18, 2016wjn.sagepub.comDownloaded from
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"... “The true joy lies in the journey and not the destination.” I have been most fortunate to have experienced a tremendous amount of support and guidance along this often circuitous, tedious and yet most amazing journey of discovery and knowledge towards the final destination of PhD. I have often compa ..."
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“The true joy lies in the journey and not the destination.” I have been most fortunate to have experienced a tremendous amount of support and guidance along this often circuitous, tedious and yet most amazing journey of discovery and knowledge towards the final destination of PhD. I have often compared this adventure to arriving in a foreign land; lost without a passport and not speaking the language. I am blessed with the world’s best mentor: Dr. Ruth Lindquist. She is as brilliant as she is beautiful and her support, advice and guidance were truly priceless. She has been leading me along this path for greater than a decade; since my days as an undergraduate student. I am humbled to know her and am grateful to have been her doctoral student. Her sense of adventure and great sense of humor made this tiring journey fun. Her ability to wordsmith and edit made the writing of this dissertation much easier. I had a wonderful and eclectic mix of expertise and background in my committee members and each person’s perspective played an important role in the shaping of this research study. Dr. Cynthia Peden-McAlpine, instilled in me the critical importance of looking at the issue from many different angles; and Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer, with expertise in mindfulness helped me
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"... Effects of emotional exposure on state anxiety and physiological measures of stress reactivity after an acute YogaFit session by ..."
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Effects of emotional exposure on state anxiety and physiological measures of stress reactivity after an acute YogaFit session by
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
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"... Cultivation of mindfulness, the nonjudgmental awareness of experiences in the present moment, produces beneficial effects on well-being and ameliorates psychiatric and stress-related symptoms. Mindfulness meditation has therefore increasingly been incorporated into psychotherapeutic interventions. A ..."
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Cultivation of mindfulness, the nonjudgmental awareness of experiences in the present moment, produces beneficial effects on well-being and ameliorates psychiatric and stress-related symptoms. Mindfulness meditation has therefore increasingly been incorporated into psychotherapeutic interventions. Although the number of publications in the field has sharply increased over the last two decades, there is a paucity of theoretical reviews that integrate the existing literature into a comprehensive theoretical framework. In this article, we explore several components through which mindfulness meditation exerts its effects: (a) attention regulation, (b) body awareness, (c) emotion regulation (including reappraisal and exposure, extinction, and reconsolidation), and (d) change in perspective on the self. Recent empirical research, including practitioners ’ self-reports and experimental data, provides evidence supporting these mechanisms. Functional and structural neuroimaging studies have begun to explore the neuroscientific processes underlying these components. Evidence suggests that mindfulness practice is associated with neuroplastic changes in the anterior cingulate cortex, insula, temporo-parietal junction, fronto-limbic network, and default mode network structures. The authors suggest that the mechanisms described here work synergistically, establishing a process of enhanced self-regulation. Differentiating between these components seems useful to guide future basic research and to specifically target areas of development in the treatment of psychological disorders.
