iRest yoga-nidra on the college campus: Changes in stress, depression, worry, and mindfulness

H Eastman-Mueller, T Wilson… - … journal of yoga …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
Objectives: There is evidence that yoga practice is associated with decreased stress, worry,
and depression, and with improved mindfulness-based skills. These findings had not been …

Transcendental meditation for lowering blood pressure: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

SL Ooi, M Giovino, SC Pak - Complementary therapies in medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Transcendental meditation (TM) is a stress reduction technique that can
potentially lower blood pressure (BP) safely. The American Heart Association recommends …

Mindfulness: A transtherapeutic approach for transdiagnostic mental processes

J Greeson, EL Garland, D Black - The Wiley Blackwell …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Most psychological disorders involve transdiagnostic mental processes that are marked by
inflexibility, automaticity, and a narrowed perspective—that is, mindlessness. From both a …

Audio-guided mindfulness training in schools and its effect on academic attainment: Contributing to theory and practice

LS Bakosh, JMT Mortlock, D Querstret, L Morison - Learning and Instruction, 2018 - Elsevier
We report the results of a randomized trial (N= 337) examining the effectiveness of a daily
audio-guided MBI in raising academic achievement in 16 volunteer classrooms across two …

[HTML][HTML] The role of compassion and mindfulness in building parental resilience when caring for children with chronic conditions: A conceptual model

TM Cousineau, LM Hobbs, KC Arthur - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Compassion-and mindfulness-based interventions (CMBIs) and therapies hold promise to
support parent resilience by enabling adaptive stress appraisal and coping, mindful …

Trait mindfulness helps shield decision-making from translating into health-risk behavior

DS Black, S Sussman, CA Johnson, J Milam - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The cognitive tendency toward mindfulness may influence the enactment of
health and risk behaviors by its bringing increased attention to and awareness of decision …

Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a mindfulness-based relapse prevention intervention for culturally-diverse, low-income women in substance use …

H Amaro, S Spear, Z Vallejo, K Conron… - Substance use & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We examined feasibility, acceptability, and benefits of a mindfulness-based relapse
prevention (MBRP) intervention in a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 318 low …

Mental health, religion, and spirituality

D Oman, D Lukoff - Why religion and spirituality matter for public health …, 2018 - Springer
This chapter reviews theories and empirical evidence on relations between religion and
spirituality (R/S), and mental health, a topic of increasing interest to public health. Evidence …

A mindfulness-based intervention pilot feasibility study for elementary school students with severe learning difficulties: Effects on internalized and externalized …

C Malboeuf-Hurtubise, E Lacourse… - Journal of evidence …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. Students with severe learning disabilities often show signs of anxiety, depression,
and problem behaviors such as inattention and conduct problems. Mindfulness-based …

Associations between dispositional mindfulness and executive function in early adolescence

NR Riggs, DS Black, A Ritt-Olson - Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2015 - Springer
Research on mindful awareness and executive function (EF) has increased in recent years,
albeit mostly independently. Both having a unique role in the human capacity for higher …