Concept Of Mindfulness Research Articles

Inventing Voice of Identity through L2 Poetry Writing: A Construct of Mindfulness-Based Strategy in Remote Learning

Voice of identity can be found in an expressive writing such as poetry writing. In l2 learning context, poetry is a medium to learn a new language in a creative way. Language is developed through mindfulness and creativity. As language develops, l2 learners make use of their sensitivity to language and create or produce the language that represents the voice of identity themselves. This article focuses on how l2 poetry writing can invent voice of identity in the l2 learners by using the construct of mindfulness-based strategy. In the pandemic context where offline education is not possible, mindfulness-based strategy is best implemented in l2 remote learning since it has four main principles in language learning such as finding novelty in learning, being sensitive to context, actively engaged in the present moment, and stimulate opennes and multiperspectives. By online learning, poetry is taught with mindfulness concepts and they are guided mindfully on how they become language learners creatively and effectively by writing their poetry about their life during the pandemic. The data collected are poetry and reflection diary and analyzed through the construct of poetry in mindfulness framework. The results indicated that poetry writing can represent voice of l2 learner’s identity; their new perspectives of the world, reflection and sensitivity to context, choices of life, present moment engagement, opennes and multiperspectives

A Qualitative Study on Mindfulness and Teacher’s Well Being

Teaching is one of the most stressful occupation. Especially the teachers who have recently started their career are the one’s who suffer from stress the most. Copping up with the stress should be taught to them by making them aware of the concept of mindfulness. The study is conducted to see the effect of mindfulness practices on the stress level of the teachers. The study is descriptive and purely qualitative in nature. Population of the study is private school teachers and the sample size is based on 2 primary school teachers who have recently started teaching and facing difficulties in coping up with the stress. The sampling technique used in the study is Purposive non- random sampling. The data collection tool for study is Interview and analyzed by thematic analysis. The overall results of the conducted study is that Mindfulness activities like Mindfulness breathing ,Body scan, Mindfulness through nature, Japanese method to relax in 5 minutes can help a lot to reduce teacher’s stress

Development and Validation of Online Nutrition Education Video EMPIRE (Emotion and Mind Power in Relationship with Eating) For Millennials with Overweight and Obesity

Overweight and obesity are still the biggest health problem in Indonesia, especially for the current millennial generation. The concept of mindfulness and mindful eating can be one of the intervention strategies to overcome overweight and obesity in this modern era. The study aimed to develop and validate the online nutrition education video EMPIE (Emotion and Mind Power in Relationship with Eating) for millennials with overweight and obesity. This study uses a 3-step method, namely, development (development of EMPIRE online nutrition education video materials), validation (validating content and constructs by 10 experts and 3 millennial respondents with overweight/obesity), evaluation (evaluation stage is not carried out by researchers due to time constraints). For construct validation using Pearson correlation and content validation using Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Item-Level Content Validity Index (I-CVI) ?0,80. Validation consists of content, objective, relevant, motivational and construct components such as language and writing, illustrations, and quality. The content and construct validation of the EMPIRE nutrition education video (1,2,3,4,5) by experts and millennial respondents with overweight was declared valid with an overall average value of CVI ? 0.80. The content and construct components in the EMPIRE online nutrition education video are valid, so they are suitable to help overcome overweight and obesity among millennials

Cultivating mindfulness: evaluation of a community-based mindfulness program for Arabic-speaking women in Australia

Arabic-speaking communities in Australia underutilise mental health services. Previous research with Arabic-speakers recruited individually demonstrated that an Arabic Mindfulness Compact Disc (CD) was an acceptable and useful resource for this group. Subsequently, the CD was introduced as part of a 5-week group mindfulness program for Arabic-speaking Muslim women. The intervention was delivered in a community setting by a bilingual (Arabic/English) psychologist with support from a bilingual multicultural health worker. The mixed-methods evaluation incorporated a pre–post study with a wait-list control group. An Arabic translation of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21) was administered at baseline and program completion. Pre–post differences were tested using the sign test for paired samples (one-sided). Qualitative methods were used to evaluate the program’s acceptability. After five weeks, the intervention group showed statistically significant improvement on all DASS21 subscales (n = 12, p < .001 for depression and stress and p < .01 for anxiety). For the wait-list control group, only anxiety showed significant improvement (n = 8, p < .05). Qualitative analysis revealed how the women grew in their understanding of mindfulness concepts and mastered the different techniques, how they dealt with painful memories, how mindfulness practice assisted them in their daily lives, and how they related mindfulness to Islam. The in-language mindfulness intervention was shown to be culturally and spiritually relevant, and clinically effective. The group program incorporating the Arabic Mindfulness CD has potential for scaling up. Further research is required to investigate effectiveness for Arabic-speaking men with similar backgrounds.

Creating Mindfulness at Stressed Environment Work-Places through a Self-Training Intervention

Does it take a pandemic to make us realize when our mind is full of anxiety and when we need to protect ourselves by being alert in a state of mindfulness at stressed environment workplaces? With an explosion of scholarly interest in the concept of mindfulness and its uniqueness from the allied concepts in management learning, the effectiveness of organizational mindfulness interventions need further investigation (Reb and Atkins, 2015). There is a lack of convenient and effective mindfulness interventions that could be applied at the futuristic workplaces (Lomas et al., 2017). We attempt to design and test a self-training mindfulness intervention. In this paper we discuss at the outset the importance of mindfulness in constantly evolving organizations and then outline our research study where the effectiveness of the designed self-training intervention is statistically tested. Our intervention comprises of a 4-week module that was introduced among a group of 117 respondents that included doctors, nurses and medical staff from a government hospital. Their mindfulness scores were recorded before and after the implementation of the 4 weeks’ intervention module using the MAAS (Mindfulness Attention and Awareness Scale). The results indicate that the mindfulness intervention caused a significant increase in the mindfulness quotient enhancing overall employee wellbeing. This intervention can be an important tool in enhancing the wellbeing of employees in current organizations that are shrouded by high levels of uncertainty and stress. Keywords: Futuristic Workplaces, Mindfulness, Positive Intervention, Wellbeing, Stress

Collective Mindfulness and Strategy: Integrating the Core Theoretical Streams

This paper elucidates the crucial role played by collective mindfulness in strategic decisions and strategizing activities. We unveil some of the micro- processes that take place in the ‘black box’ of strategy making and outline the need to simultaneously address questions such as- who makes strategies (person), what do they do (practices), and how do the person and practices interact with the dynamic environment. Further, we bring forth the complementarities between three emerging and seemingly disparate streams of strategy research, namely- behavioral strategy, strategy-as-practice and the dynamic capabilities perspective and explain how the concept of collective mindfulness may provide a mechanism to integrate them. By highlighting how collective mindfulness can explain finer details of strategy and may act as a central construct to integrate strategy research streams, we seek to stimulate newer lines of inquiry for progressing strategy research. Keywords: collective mindfulness, strategy, behavioral strategy, strategy-as-practice, dynamic capabilities

Menelisik Stres Kerja Tenaga Kesehatan Dimasa Pandemi Covid-19 di Rumah Sakit

This study aims to determine the factors that cause stress levels, resilience factors, and barriers for health workers in dealing with Covid-19 patients at the Denpasar City Hospital. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. Data was collected by using interviews, observation, and documentation techniques. Data analysis techniques include data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Checking the validity of the data was carried out by displaying the participation of researchers, triangulation techniques using various sources, anchovies and methods, and persistence of observation. Research informants are doctors and nurses. The results showed that: The factors that influence the stress of health workers in dealing with Covid-19 in Denpasar City hospitals are the heavy workload during the pandemic, the lack of quality of work support facilities for health workers and the stigma of society towards health workers. The factors possessed by medical personnel for resistance to stress are the presence of self-motivation in the form of mindfulness and moral and professional responsibility as health workers, motivation from the patient's family as well as motivation and support from the organization. The obstacles encountered by health workers are the lack of quality and quantity of work support facilities and various patient behaviors that hinder the healing process of Covid-19 patients.

The mindful parenting model and its psychoeducational usefulness

Parenting as a social breakthrough is a complex and multi-faceted process that becomes noteworthy especially during the pandemic. The aim of the article is to present the psychoeducational usefulness of the mindful parenting model, which is based on the concept of mindfulness. Its elements: listening with full attention, nonjudgmental acceptance of self and child, emotional awareness of self and child, self-regulation in the parenting relationship and compassion for self and child aim at enriching the parents’ knowledge and skills with new competences. According to the authors, conscious use of the presented model may have a key impact on striving to build the best possible relationship with a child or a pupil.

Mindful Partnering: Introducing a Theoretical Construct and Testing Psychometric Properties of the Mindful Partnering Measure

Although evidence suggests many benefits of mindfulness, interpersonal forms of mindfulness are understudied. We present the conceptualization of a novel theoretical construct, mindful partnering, as interpersonal mindfulness with ones’ romantic partner; we also present initial validation of the Mindful Partnering Measure (MPM). Participants were 599 individuals from: (1) an undergraduate student sample recruited from a University subject pool (used for exploratory factor analyses, N = 335) and (2) a sample of married adults that was recruited through Mechanical Turk (used for confirmatory factor analyses, N = 264, subsets used for construct validity N = 147, and test-retest analyses N = 53). Results of the EFA and CFA supported a five-factor structure with the subscales: (1) mindful awareness, (2) nonreactivity, (3) emotional awareness, (4) acceptance/compassion, and (5) self-compassion. Tests of internal consistency, construct validity, and test-retest reliability in the sample of married adults provided evidence for reliability and validity of the total MPM to assess mindful partnering, as well as the mindful awareness and acceptance/compassion subscales. However, the other subscales did not demonstrate adequate test-retest reliability. Use of this measure in further research will allow for the study of the potential correlates and benefits of mindful partnering to further our understanding of this novel construct.

Differences between meditators and non-meditators in mindfulness, its components and related qualities

The study investigated (1) if meditators and non-meditators differ in their levels of mindfulness, attention, acceptance, loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity, and empathy; and (2) whether and how mindfulness practice affected the above qualities. The 241 participants (18–81 years, M = 40.3, SD = 14.8; 64% female) completed an online questionnaire consisting of scales measuring mindfulness components (mindful attention, acceptance, non-judging), and mindfulness related qualities, including loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity, and empathy. The participants who reported being meditators (N = 122; 50.4%) were also asked questions about their meditation practice. Meditators differed significantly from non-meditators in relation to their levels of mindful attention (t(239) = 4.80, p < .001, d = .63) and empathy (t(239) = 2.80, p < .01, d = .37) but not for the other mindfulness components or related qualities. Multiple regression analyses indicated that practice variables (years of practice, frequency of practice, and length of session) explained a significant proportion of variance in mindful attention (R2 = .27, p < .001) and empathy (R2 = .15, p < .05). The present findings are consistent with conceptualizations of mindfulness that focus on the centrality of mindful attention over acceptance and non-judging components, which is consistent with several Buddhist mindfulness traditions. Present findings also demonstrate the importance of practice for the cultivation of mindful attention. Future studies are required to increase our understanding of effects relating to the type of mindfulness undertaken and the influence of practice factors.

Fark et, anda kal; namıdiğer Mindfulness: Farkandalık uygulamalarının dünü, bugünü ve kültürümüze duyarlılığı

Bu derleme çalışmasında, son yıllarda tüm dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizde de tanınır bir yaklaşım olan mindfulness kavram ve uygulamalarına ilişkin alan yazın taraması ve yaklaşımın kültüre duyarlığının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Buna göre, fark’andalık olarak kullanılan kavramın tanımı ve felsefesinin paylaşılmasının ardından yaklaşımın diğer kuramlarla ortaklığı özetlenmiştir. Buna göre Freud ile başlayan süreç Gestalt yaklaşımı ve Varoluşçu yaklaşımla mindfulness yaklaşımına zemin oluşturmuştur. Bilişsel davranışçı yaklaşımın üzerine oturtulan düşüncelerin yönetilmesi, tinsel bakış açısıyla ayrımsama olarak sunulmuştur. Hümanistik yaklaşımın öncüsü Carl Rogers’ın büyük etkileri görülmektedir. Günümüzde çağdaş yaklaşımlar kapsamında oluşturulan mindfulness temelli terapiler de açıklanmıştır. Çalışmada fark’andalık uygulamalarının psikolojik danışmada ve eğitimde, önemine de değinilmiştir. Uluslararası çalışmaların yanı sıra ulusal çalışmaların da özetlendiği çalışma farkandalığın günümüzde bulunduğu yeri de içermektedir.

How can a 6-week training course shape mental healthcare professionals' understanding of mindfulness? Experiences at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital.

BackgroundMindfulness-based practice has gained increasing attention in the mental health community over the last four decades, and many studies have explored the evidence of its various benefits among healthcare users and providers alike. However, there remains limited research regarding the understanding of mindfulness among mental healthcare professionals. This poses the question: how much do mental healthcare professionals really know about mindfulness, and can self-practice increase the understanding of these providers?AimThis descriptive or exploratory case study aimed to explore the understanding of mindfulness amongst 15 mental healthcare professionals.SettingThe study took place at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital.MethodThe study was conducted following a 6-week training course in which the participants were taught, and carried out mindfulness-based practices and techniques. The study also explored the following: (1) the healthcare workers’ experiences, benefits and challenges regarding the consistent practice of mindfulness and (2) their confidence when explaining the concept of mindfulness, and the practices learned, to other colleagues and patients. Data were collected in the form of semi-structured interviews with the participants, 4–6 weeks after completion of the training course.ResultsThree main themes were identified: (1) understanding of mindfulness expanded with practice; (2) unexpected experiences during the mindfulness course; and (3) experience caused partial gains in confidence and skills. Overall, 15 subthemes were derived from the data collected.ConclusionSelf-practice of mindfulness can increase one’s understanding of the concept and the confidence to teach informal techniques. More research is needed to determine how the design and duration of such training could impact this understanding and confidence.

The Evolution of Mindfulness from 1916 to 2019

This study explores the evolution of the concept of mindfulness over the last 104 years in terms of the content, practice, and research development of all relevant studies reported in the academic literature. We identified 15,764 mindfulness-related papers published between 1916 and 2019, and analyzed the frequency of publications, types of journals, keywords, and included disciplines. Using topic modeling methodology, hidden semantic structures were discovered in the collection of papers allowing the development of sets of topics. The results revealed a sharp increase in mindfulness research since 2000, a trend suggesting that research in this area has increased exponentially and may continue to do so for some time. The research was published in academic journals across a variety of subjects, from psychology to medicine. Three epochs of published studies emerged, these being epoch 1 (E1) (1916–1999), epoch 2 (E2) (2000–2009), and epoch 3 (E3) (2010–2019)—with the studies within each epoch containing different sets of frequently used keywords and research topics. In E1, publications largely reflected a theoretical or spiritual approach in their conceptualization of mindfulness that gradually shifted to more generalized pragmatism. This then evolved into more specific inquiry into a variety of mindfulness-based interventions in E2. In E3, the research moved towards more robust validation approaches for establishing the efficacy of therapeutic mindfulness programs and professionalizing those who deliver them. Our analysis suggests that future research could move towards a more in-depth examination of long-term, lifespan experiences with mindfulness. In addition, we propose that content experts from various fields need to work together to integrate diverse perspectives on mindfulness, thus deepening our knowledge of its fundamental nature, attributes, and potentialities.

Social mindfulness is normative when costs are low, but rapidly declines with increases in costs

AbstractAs a complement to high-cost cooperation as assessed in economic games, the concept of social mindfulness focuses on low-cost acts of kindness. While social mindfulness seems quite natural, performed by many most of the time (reaching a level of 60–70 percent), what happens if such acts become more costly, and if costs become more salient? The present research replicates the prevalence of social mindfulness when costs are salient, but low. Yet we show that, with small increments in costs, the vast majority no longer exhibits social mindfulness. This holds even if we keep the outcomes for self high in comparison with the beneficiary. We conclude that the literature on social mindfulness should pay attention to cost. Clearly, if being socially mindful comes with high costs, this is not what most people are prepared to do. In contrast as long as costs are low and not salient, social mindfulness seems natural and normative.

Workplace mindfulness: fundamental issues for research and practice

ABSTRACT In organisational scholarship, there is a general understanding that mindfulness training programs (MTP) can guide employees’ cognitive and psychological processes and influence their decisions and actions in everyday life. Many organisations who care for the wellbeing and development of employees are adopting MTP as a tool to improve employees’ functions such as their health and performance. In this research note, some of the key issues concerning mindfulness theory and practice are highlighted. First, multiple perspectives on mindfulness exist in the literature and also the boundaries between secular and non-secular practices of mindfulness are unclear. To extend the theory and practice of mindfulness, it is important to comprehend the concept of mindfulness. Second, MTP can be costly rather than beneficial in some working conditions. The managers might need to understand the risk related to the negative consequences of MTP. Third, sustainability of mindfulness practices for employees in a post-training context might be challenging. Managers might need to develop and maintain a conducive post-training work environment that encourages the employees’ mindfulness practices at work. Overall, this research note suggests research directions for management scholars and informs the organisational leaders’ and managers’ decisions concerning the incorporation of MTP in organisations for employees’ wellbeing and development.

The Development of Coping Strategies: Main Approaches

The article analyzes the problem of development of coping strategies as one of the factors of correction of psychoemotional disorders in women with hyperandrogenia. The nature of coping strategies is analyzed. Two approaches to the development of coping strategies – the concept of mindfulness, proposed by John Kabat-Zinn, and the concept of hardiness, proposed by S. Maddi. In conception of Kabat-Zinn mindfulness involves a feeling of full involvement in the events “here and now”, as well as the obligation to be curious about the flow of consciousness: all thoughts and feelings that arise in the person should be perceived by it without criticism, as relevant to the current state and therefore do not require condemnation. At the same time, by S. Muddy hardiness is a combination of inclusion in the surrounding reality (commitment), control, denoting the belief of the individual in their own abilities to influence the stressful situation, although without certain guarantees of the result, and the challenge, representing the belief that any changes are fundamentally positive for the individual and contribute to its development. It is shown that the content of the category of mindfulness – the management of attention and the adoption of the position “here and now” – as well as the methods of its development, are similar in each of the concepts. It is concluded that mindfulness, which is the core of productive coping strategies, is a set of concentration skills and a certain attitude.

Explaining the criteria of being present and psychological well-being in natural recreational spaces of Tabriz

بسیاری از پژوهش‌های حوزة سلامت روان نشان می‌دهند حالت ذهنی انسان به میزان زیادی فاقد آگاهی است؛ به این معنا که انسان‌ها بیشتر اوقات یا غرق در خاطرات گذشته‌اند یا دربارة آینده رؤیاپردازی می‌کنند و کمتر از حضور در زمان حال لذت می‌برند. روان‌شناسان علوم محیطی با تلفیق چند مفهوم کلیدی ازجمله تأکید بر تجربة حضور، لذت از زندگی در زمان حال و نقشی که این موضوع در ارتقای سلامت روانی شهروندان دارد، مفهوم جدیدی را با عنوان «ذهن‌آگاهی» مطرح کرده‌اند. هدف اصلی پژوهش حاضر، تبیین معیارهایی است که از احساس و زبان شهروندان دربارة تجربه، لذت حضور و ذهن‌آگاهی در محیط‌های تفرجگاهی استخراج شده است. در راستای اهداف تعریف‌شده، از مراجعان به دو فضای تفرجگاهی طبیعی ایل‌گولی و عونبن علی تبریز نمونه‌گیری و مصاحبة هدفمند انجام و با تحلیل محتوای کیفی، کدهای لازم استخراج شد. این کدها در ادامه به 6 مقولة اصلی (معیار) و 18 زیرمقوله (زیرمعیار) تبدیل شدند. صحت مدل استخراج‌شده با تکنیک تحلیل عاملی تأییدی آزموده شد. در انتها با بهره‌مندی از آرای خبرگان در حوزة شهرسازی و طراحی محیطی و استفاده از تکنیک تحلیل سلسله‌مراتبی، معیارها و زیرمعیارهای مدل وزن‌بندی شد. نتایج این پژوهش نشان می‌دهد احساس آرامش در محیط طبیعی، مؤثرترین معیار به‌منظور القای حس ذهن‌آگاهی و تجربة لذت‌بخش از حضور در این فضاست؛ در حالی که معیارهای زیبایی طبیعت، صمیمیت، عظمت و شکوه، سرزندگی و درنهایت معنویت و امکان کشف محیط در رتبه‌های بعدی اهمیت قرار دارند. گفتنی است معیارها و زیرمعیارهای استخراج‌شده از مدل ذهن‌آگاهی در محیط‌های طبیعی، گذشته از کاربرد برای ارزیابی کیفیت دیگر محیط‌های طبیعی و مصنوع، به برنامه‌ریزان، طراحان و مجریان مناظر طبیعی در ارتقای طرح‌های پیشنهادی و اجرایی مناظر طبیعی کمک شایانی می‌کنند.

Understanding the concept of mind and mindful awareness according to Indian scriptures

A human being is like a miniature world. By tuning inward, one can unravel the nature of the universe. The goal of human existence has been to harness and train the citta (mind) from time immemorial. Tracing back, Indian scriptures have references that guide us toward creating a mindful awareness. It elucidates mindful awareness as a practicable mode of being. Practice of pratyāhāra, accentuates mastery over sensory perceptions and citta's reaction to them. This is precisely why pratyāhāra can be a potent tool in comprehending citta that is caught in a web of thoughts. Citta is constantly grappling the deeply ingrained fear of – defeat, doubt, and uncertainty. By incorporating the practice of pratyāhāra, one can put to rest the elements of disturbance, distraction, and distortion of the perception of reality. In contrary to the concept of mindfulness that is prevalent in the clinical interventions, this study expounds the concept of mindful awareness as a means to transcend citta embarking on the practice of pratyāhāra. Here, the concept of pratyāhāra is explored with excerpts from the Bhagavadgītā, Yogasūtra, and Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, that lucidly show that mindful awareness can be embedded into everyday living with the practice of: stabilizing the citta, samatvam (reaching a state of equanimity), ātmavicāra (self-inquiry), vairāgya (renouncing of mental impressions), karma yoga (renouncing the fruits of the one's own action), control of prāṇa (restraint of the life-force) all of which fundamentally lead to the most dynamic technique of pratyāhāra (tuning inward), thereby bringing about mindful awareness.

Natal and Convert Buddhism and Mindfulness

Natal and convert practices of Buddhism and Christianity raise questions of authenticity. As second and third generations of children of American converts to Buddhism enter the practice, what constitutes natal Buddhism becomes complexified, and natal immigrants from places like Taiwan, as Carolyn Chen writes, often move away from Buddhism as a way of becoming Americanized. This paper examines these complexities using Mary Louise Pratt's concept of the "contact zone," in which cultures meet, and often collide, generating new forms, though in asymmetrical power relations. I, then, turn to mindfulness as a cultural practice in America. Mindfulness has become an industry in the United States. I argue that mindfulness may be an example of orientalist appropriation, and turn to the Buddha's teaching on mindfulness and a Franciscan Christian mode of mindfulness in contemplation. Recognizing the inevitable borrowing that occurs when cultures meet, this paper raises more questions than it gives answers, thinking through the effects on natal practitioners of convert borrowing and also through forms of mindfulness and what they offer convert practitioners in the multiple ways that modern American choose to belong, from dual belonging to borrowing.

A review of mindful parenting

The benefits of mindfulness are widely recognized, and it has received increasing research attention. Recently, researchers have extended the concept and practice of mindfulness to the parent–child relationship and proposed the construct of mindful parenting, that is, parenting with mindfulness. However, mindful parenting is a relatively new concept in the field of family studies, and the contents, psychometrically robust measures, outcomes, and cultivation methods of mindful parenting warrant in-depth exploration. This article presents a systematic review of mindful parenting. We first conceptualized mindful parenting by consolidating the existence of this construct. Then, we summarized various measurements to assess this construct, and reviewed theoretical models and empirical research on the roles of mindful parenting. We also illustrated the ways to enhance mindful parenting and provided current evidence regarding these methods. Further, we discussed the limitations in this field and proposed future research directions.