Mindfulness Practice Research Study
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A Mindfulness Practice Research Study is a clinical research study into a mindfulness practice.
- Context:
- It can be associated with a Mindfulness Practice Research Question, such as:
- How does mindfulness training affect an individual's stress levels, anxiety, or depression?
- How does mindfulness practice affect an individual's physical health, such as blood pressure or immune function?
- How does mindfulness practice affect an individual's cognitive functioning, such as attention, memory, or decision-making?
- How does mindfulness practice affect an individual's social functioning, such as relationships with others or communication skills?
- It can be a Wait-List Control Groups-based Study.
- It can be represented in a Mindfulness Study Publication.
- It can be analyzed by a Mindfulness Practice Research Study Meta-Analysis, such as (Vonderlin et al., 2020).
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- It can be associated with a Mindfulness Practice Research Question, such as:
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Clinical Research Study.
References
2022
- HTTP://chat.openai.com
- Q: what is a research study into mindfulness?
- A: A research study into mindfulness is a scientific investigation that aims to understand the effects of mindfulness and mindfulness practices on various aspects of health and well-being. Research studies into mindfulness can take many forms, including randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and qualitative research.
Some examples of research questions that might be addressed in a study into mindfulness include:
- How does mindfulness training affect an individual's stress levels, anxiety, or depression?
- How does mindfulness practice affect an individual's physical health, such as blood pressure or immune function?
- How does mindfulness practice affect an individual's cognitive functioning, such as attention, memory, or decision-making?
- How does mindfulness practice affect an individual's social functioning, such as relationships with others or communication skills?
- Research studies into mindfulness can be conducted with a variety of different populations, including healthy individuals, clinical populations, and specific groups such as children, older adults, or athletes.
- Overall, research studies into mindfulness can provide important insights into the potential benefits of mindfulness and mindfulness practices for various aspects of health and well-being.
2021
- (Baminiwatta & Solangaarachchi, 2021) ⇒ Anuradha Baminiwatta, and Indrajith Solangaarachchi. (2021). “Trends and Developments in Mindfulness Research over 55 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications Indexed in Web of Science.” Mindfulness, 12(9).
- QUOTE: ... From 1966 to 2021, 16,581 publications on mindfulness were identified. There has been an exponential growth of publications since 2006. Almost half (47%) of the publications were in psychology and about one-fifth (20.8%) in psychiatry. The most prolific journal was Mindfulness (contributing 7% of all publications) and the most prolific author was Eric L. Garland. The vast majority of publications originated from Western countries but representation from Asian countries has increased. The most frequently co-occurring keywords were meditation, depression, stress, and anxiety. Co-citation analysis of the early period (1966–2015) revealed how scholarly work on spiritual themes has inspired early mindfulness research. Recent trends (2016–2021) revealed a rising interest in mechanisms and moderators, long-term meditation, neuroscientific studies, and smartphone/online delivery of interventions. ...
2019
- (Vonderlin et al., 2020) ⇒ Ruben Vonderlin, Miriam Biermann, Martin Bohus, and Lisa Lyssenko. (2020). “Mindfulness-based Programs in the Workplace: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.” Mindfulness, 11(7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01328-3
- RESULTS: ... Analyses of between-group effects indicated that MBPs effectively reduce stress, burnout, mental distress, and somatic complaints, while improving mindfulness, well-being, compassion, and job satisfaction—all with small to large effect sizes ranging from Hedge’s g = 0.32 to 0.77. Results were maintained in follow-up assessments ≤ 12 weeks. Heterogeneity among primary studies was not explained consistently by program or participant characteristics in the exploratory moderator analyses. Results on work engagement and productivity were limited by low numbers of primary studies with outliers among their effect sizes. ...
2019
- Britton, Willoughby B. “Can mindfulness be too much of a good thing? The value of a middle way." Current opinion in psychology 28 (2019): 159-165.
- Highlights
- Few psychological or physiological processes are universally beneficial.
- Most positive phenomena reach inflection points where their effects turn negative.
- Mindfulness is unlikely to be an exception to the inverted U-shape curved principle.
- Some mindfulness-related processes have negative effects under certain conditions.
- Research that includes the full range of possible effects would improve the efficacy of mindfulness.
- Highlights
2015
- (Davidson & Kaszniak, 2015) ⇒ Richard J. Davidson, and Alfred W. Kaszniak. (2015). “Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Research on Mindfulness and Meditation.” In: American Psychologist, 70(7). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039512
- ABSTRACT: Both basic science and clinical research on mindfulness, meditation, and related constructs has dramatically increased in recent years. However, interpretation of these research results has been challenging. The present article addresses unique conceptual and methodological problems posed by research in this area. Included among the key topics is the role of first person experience and how it can be best studied; the challenges posed by intervention research designs in which true double-blinding is not possible; the nature of control and comparison conditions for research that includes mindfulness or other meditation-based interventions; issues in the adequate description of mindfulness and related trainings and interventions; the question of how mindfulness can be measured; questions regarding what can and cannot be inferred from self-report measures; and considerations regarding the structure of study design and data analyses. Most of these topics are germane to both basic and clinical research studies and have important bearing on the future scientific understanding of mindfulness and meditation.