Mindfulness Need Research Articles

Reducing Reactivity: The Influence of Classroom Mindfulness Practice on Gifted Children

The impact that the practice of mindfulness has on young gifted children has yet to be fully explored in today’s literature. In adults, mindfulness has been demonstrated to help reduce anxiety, depression, stress, and improve self-regulation. Children are known to struggle with these issues as well. The findings of this exploratory qualitative study suggest four themes regarding the influence of classroom mindfulness practice on the lives of gifted children. The themes are the need for mindfulness, individual experiences, the role of mindfulness in the classroom, and the benefits of mindfulness. Parents and teachers provide multi-informant approaches to understanding the ways in which classroom mindfulness practice shapes the behavior of young gifted students. Although mindfulness has been researched in detail with adult populations and to a lesser extent with children, very few studies exist that explore the use of mindfulness with young gifted children. This exploratory study observed students practicing mindfulness, and then used parent and teacher interviews to provide preliminary information.

Understanding the power of mindfulness from a cultural-psychological perspective

In the present paper I investigate the phenomenon of mindfulness from a cultural-psychological perspective. During the past years mindfulness has been primarily treated as an independent (intervention) variable trying to evidence its effectiveness in relation to psychotherapy as well as to specific work outcomes such as a decrease in stress symptoms at work. Yet, what has been rather missing within the literature is the analysis of mindfulness from a theoretical and historical perspective. Arguing with E.E. Boesch, I show based on an autoethnography that the need for mindfulness emerges when there are conflicts with one’s fantasms (private needs, goals, wants, wishes) or with a specific myth in one’s community (you should work hard in order to become a good citizen). I conclude with the findings that mindfulness has the power to alter one’s fantasms hierachy as well as the stance towards a specific myth in one’s community. This is further evidenced by analyzing the glass bead game of H. Hesse and which role mindfulness plays in there – a transformative role for individuals and groups.

Dual process model of farmers' mindfulness and sustainable economic behavior: Mediating role of mental health and emotional labor.

Mindful awareness of our interconnection with the natural environment could help to redeem our lost environmentally entrenched identity and help us to act more sustainably, concluding the predictable gaps between mindfulness and sustainable behavior. We propose more precisely that mindful attentiveness may be essential to establishing sustainable economic behavior through understanding emotional labor and enhanced mental health. Likewise, with an ever-rising concern related to mental health and emotional labor, recent industrialization and commoditization of agricultural products have stressed the need for mindfulness, and causing sustainable economic behavior of farmers that is imminent. Hence, the study will not only explore the connection between mindfulness and sustainable economic behavior, but there is a need to examine the mediating role of emotional labor and the mental health of farmers in China. The study selected the farmers because mindful awareness, emotional labor, and mental health of a farmer can significantly contribute to sustainable economic behavior and bring a connection with the natural environment. The data of 358 responses were analyzed using SPSS-AMOS. The results revealed that mindfulness, mental health, and emotional labor have a significant connection with the sustainable economic behavior of farmers in China. The results also indicated that mental health and emotional labor mediate between mindfulness and sustainable economic behavior. The results set the tone for the policy-makers to create awareness among all the stakeholders about the importance of mindfulness to help farmers manage their emotional labor and mental health for better, sustainable performance outcomes.

No Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Controlled Motivation and Amotivation, but Effect Moderation Through Trait Mindfulness: a Randomized Controlled Trial

ObjectivesMindfulness is associated with the different forms of motivation according to self-determination theory (intrinsic, identified, and external motivation, and amotivation). However, causal evidence for reported negative associations of mindfulness with external motivation and amotivation is currently lacking. Therefore, this study investigated causal effects of a brief mindfulness intervention on motivation towards a personal goal. We differentiated distinct forms of motivation and also controlled for baseline motivation and trait mindfulness, which could act as a moderator of the interventional effects.MethodsData of N = 91 participants were used, who were randomly assigned to either audio-guided meditation or a control condition. Situational motivation for a personal goal was assessed before and after the intervention. Trait mindfulness was measured with the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire.ResultsThe intervention had a positive effect on the more autonomous forms of motivation (d = 0.48), which was, however, qualified by trait mindfulness; i.e., the effect was larger among participants low in trait mindfulness (d = 1.13 at 1 SD below the overall mean). There were no practically relevant effects on external motivation and amotivation.ConclusionsMindfulness has a positive causal effect on more autonomous forms of motivation, but probably no relevant effects on external motivation and amotivation. Moderating effects of trait mindfulness need to be considered more systematically in this field of research, but also in research of mindfulness intervention more generally. Mindfulness interventions could be beneficially offered to persons low in trait mindfulness.

Understanding Selfhood to Elucidate the Phenomenology of Mindfulness

The health benefits of practising mindfulness are well documented, yet the phenomenological mechanisms of such practice remain under-theorised from both ontogenetic and social perspectives. By leveraging an enactive perspective on selfhood, these lacunae can be addressed: firstly, it is argued that proper understanding of mindfulness – and the health benefits that mindfulness practices seek – relies on recognising the socio-embodied nature of the self; consequently, occasions in which the therapeutic need for mindfulness are most pressing will be shown to be inextricably tied to socio-embodied fluctuations across different stages of life. What emerges is a phenomenological understanding of mindfulness as allowing one to dwell in the sensuous density of the present and, through this, remain connected to the social world of open possibilities.

Reusing and Recycling Strategies in Designing the Costume for the Theater between Kuwait and the UK

Reusing and recycling materials inside the domains of showy ensemble plan and generation is critical. When a Kuwaiti play wraps up its run, ensembles are tossed absent and modern ones are outlined when vital. This hone demonstrates a need for mindfulness of reusing procedures. This is often a genuine matter; tons of material materials are being squandered instead of reused. The current preparation of creating ensembles for Kuwait theatre preparations includes the conception and portraying of ensembles, the buy of modern textures, and the work of tailors for a generation. Since fitting is outsourced, there’s a deficiency of architects who can make outfits independently. The current handle does not consolidate any strategies for reusing ensembles. This combined with tall levels of material squander, comes about in critical biological issues that request quick consideration. However, in countries such as Kuwait, where the hone was commonplace earlier to the Iraqi intrusion, this can be not the case. This qualitative study looked for examining current hones among Kuwaiti costumiers and after that compared these to UK costumiers who give an illustration of existing feasible (reusing and recycling) ensemble plan hones. It pointed to explore the states of mind and discernment of Kuwaiti costumiers towards reusing and reusing as ways of lessening material squander. This paper used exploratory and participatory modes of essential investigation. Thinks were conducted to assemble essential information, an arrangement of semi-structured interviews was conducted with 4 UK and 4 Kuwaiti costumiers to inspire data on understanding their sustainable design process into making costumes. This paper will survey the discoveries of investigating ventures and exploring the generation forms utilized by ensemble originators within the UK and Kuwait. It’ll demonstrate how the Kuwaiti costumers their behaviors, coupled with their need of knowledge with utilizing reusing and reusing methodologies to make ensembles, had expanded material squander and adversely influenced the Kuwait theater ensemble plan industry.

In the Moment.

In the fast-paced world of nursing, it is so very easy to shift into “automatic” mode. The sheer number of tasks and timed interventions leaves little time for a nurse to just stop and think. This unrelenting pace of activity can negatively affect the health of nurses and potentially the patients in their care according to Rushton and colleagues, in their work, “Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy: Equipping Nurses to Address Ethical Challenges.” The ability of frontline nurses to be resilient in such a complex environment and to handle ethical challenges effectively is the focus of their research.Mindfulness is defined as the practice of being aware of what is happening in the present moment mentally, emotionally, and physically.1 The practice of mindfulness can be viewed as a critical self-protection tool. Research shows that being in the moment, or regular mindfulness practice, actually develops the region of the brain that helps with problem-solving and increases awareness during stressful situations.2 Mindfulness can also help with reducing some of the physical impact of stress and improve overall life enjoyment.3Rushton and colleagues found additional benefits from structured mindfulness practice in that it improves a nurse’s ability to handle ethical challenges and improves resilience. Their work also showed that mindfulness practice appears to have a positive impact on the work environment by improving work engagement, turnover intentions, and burnout. These findings highlight the need for mindfulness to be a joint effort between nurses and health care organizations, not just an individual task. We all need to practice being “in the moment.”

Reusing and Recycling Strategies in Designing the Costume for the Theater between Kuwait and the UK

Reusing and recycling materials inside the domains of showy ensemble plan and generation is critical. When a Kuwaiti play wraps up its run, ensembles are tossed absent and modern ones are outlined when vital. This hone demonstrates a need for mindfulness of reusing procedures. This is often a genuine matter; tons of material materials are being squandered instead of reused. The current preparation of creating ensembles for Kuwait theatre preparations includes the conception and portraying of ensembles, the buy of modern textures, and the work of tailors for a generation. Since fitting is outsourced, there’s a deficiency of architects who can make outfits independently. The current handle does not consolidate any strategies for reusing ensembles. This combined with tall levels of material squander, comes about in critical biological issues that request quick consideration. However, in countries such as Kuwait, where the hone was commonplace earlier to the Iraqi intrusion, this can be not the case. This qualitative study looked for examining current hones among Kuwaiti costumiers and after that compared these to UK costumiers who give an illustration of existing feasible (reusing and recycling) ensemble plan hones. It pointed to explore the states of mind and discernment of Kuwaiti costumiers towards reusing and reusing as ways of lessening material squander. This paper used exploratory and participatory modes of essential investigation. Thinks were conducted to assemble essential information, an arrangement of semi-structured interviews was conducted with 4 UK and 4 Kuwaiti costumiers to inspire data on understanding their sustainable design process into making costumes. This paper will survey the discoveries of investigating ventures and exploring the generation forms utilized by ensemble originators within the UK and Kuwait. It’ll demonstrate how the Kuwaiti costumers their behaviors, coupled with their need of knowledge with utilizing reusing and reusing methodologies to make ensembles, had expanded material squander and adversely influenced the Kuwait theater ensemble plan industry.

The Future of Appalachian Identity in an Age of Polarization

Abstract Given the polarization apparent in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, there is need for mindfulness surrounding the ways both scholars and activists use Appalachian identity to define and politically mobilize people. This article combines insights from prior discussions with an analysis of recent in-depth interviews (n = 11) conducted within Central Appalachia to show the ways that place-based identity informs and norms individuals’ sense of self and political preference. This qualitative data underscores the complexity of Appalachian identity. Individuals communicate both an awareness of stereotypes and a resistance to such stereotypes. This article examines evidence that these resistance identities have unintended consequences. Rather than bridging divides or challenging the larger systems and structures that created the stereotypes, resistance identities tend to maintain barriers among and between marginalized groups. The authors discuss alternative ways to politically mobilize Appalachians—ways that recognize and value their lived experiences while also bridging divides and fighting the polarization that marked recent elections.

The serenity of the meditating mind: a cross-cultural psychometric study on a two-factor higher order structure of mindfulness, its effects, and mechanisms related to mental health among experienced meditators.

ObjectiveTo investigate the psychometric and structural properties of the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) among meditators, to develop a short form, and to examine associations of mindfulness with mental health and the mechanisms of mindfulness.MethodsTwo independent samples were used, a German (n = 891) and a Spanish (n = 393) meditator sample, practicing various meditation styles. Structural and psychometric properties of the FFMQ were investigated with multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling. Associations with mental health and mechanisms of mindfulness were examined with path analysis.ResultsThe derived short form broadly matched a previous item selection in samples of non-meditators. Self-regulated Attention and Orientation to Experience governed the facets of mindfulness on a higher-order level. Higher-order factors of mindfulness and meditation experience were negatively associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety, and perceived stress. Decentering and nonattachment were the most salient mechanisms of mindfulness. Aspects of emotion regulation, bodily awareness, and nonattachment explained the effects of mindfulness on depression and anxiety.ConclusionsA two-component conceptualization for the FFMQ, and for the study of mindfulness as a psychological construct, is recommended for future research. Mechanisms of mindfulness need to be examined in intervention studies.

Does Patients’ Pretreatment Trait-Mindfulness Predict the Success of Cognitive Psychotherapy for Emotion Regulation?

Theoretical and empirical accounts suggest that individuals high in trait-mindfulness can learn to regulate their negative emotions in a quicker way than individuals low in trait-mindfulness. In the present study, we hypothesized that trait-mindfulness would predict participants’ improvement in emotion regulation from the beginning to the end of a 20-session standardized group therapy for emotion regulation, compared to a control group (i.e., a standardized group therapy of the same length and format but for self-assertion). Patients of a Swiss psychiatric hospital (mean age, 45.6 years old; SD = 11.0) suffering from various psychiatric disorders (i.e., depressive, anxious, and psychotic disorders) were screened for trait-mindfulness at the beginning of the two therapies and their ability to regulate their emotions was measured at the beginning and at the end of the therapies. Results confirmed our hypothesis: compared to the control group, participants having followed the therapy for emotion regulation improved less in emotion regulation when they had lower pretreatment scores of trait-mindfulness. These preliminary findings might suggest that individuals low in mindfulness need longer or more intense forms of therapy in order to reach the same outcomes as individuals high in mindfulness.