Background Mindfulness as a present-oriented form of mental training affects cognitive
processes and is increasingly considered meaningful for sport psychological training …

Background: Over the last decades, mindfulness has become an important concept and
topic for many professions and interventional research. While the number of available self …

Mindfulness has transdiagnostic applicability, but little is known about how people first begin
to practice mindfulness and what sustains practice in the long term. The aim of the present …

Meditation is an umbrella term, which subsumes a huge number of diverse practices. It is still
unclear how these practices can be classified in a reasonable way. Earlier proposals have …

Context. Breast cancer (BC) requires a significant psychological adaptation once treatment
is finished. There is growing evidence of how compassion training enhances psychological …

Mindfulness-based interventions generally include compassion implicitly, but it remains to
be seen whether implicit compassion training can be effective, or if it needs to be trained …

Objectives Meditation is an umbrella term for a vast range of contemplative practices. Former
proposals have struggled to do justice to this variety. To our knowledge, there is to date no …

Objective: The relationship with the body is a relevant issue for breast cancer survivors.
Oncological treatments damage their bodies due to scars, weight gain, and other side …

Fatigue, boredom, pain, performance anxiety, and negative thoughts are challenges
characteristic of competitive running. One psychological technique that is gaining support …

Compassion-based interventions (CBIs) have been shown to be effective for increasing
empathy and compassion, and reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. CBIs are based on …