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Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Health: A Review of Empirical Studies

Shian-Ling Keng, +2 more
- 01 Aug 2011 - 
- Vol. 31, Iss: 6, pp 1041-1056
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It is concluded that mindfulness brings about various positive psychological effects, including increased subjective well-being, reduced psychological symptoms and emotional reactivity, and improved behavioral regulation.
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This article is published in Clinical Psychology Review.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1902 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy & Mindfulness-based stress reduction.

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Mindfulness training in elite athletes: mPEAK with BMX cyclists

TL;DR: Haase et al. as discussed by the authors introduced the Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness and Knowledge (mPEAK ) program along with the theory and research that contributed to creating mPEAK, which was developed by Haase, Paulus, and Hickman.
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Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of humor styles in US and Russia

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored whether mindfulness and self-compassion would predict the use of adaptive and maladaptive humor styles and whether this prediction will be the same across cultures.
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Validation of the Bangla Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

TL;DR: The Bangla version of the MAAS is a valid and reliable tool to measure mindfulness among young Bangladeshi adults and was significantly and positively associated with SF-36 Mental and Physical health components and negatively with IAT scores.

Measuring mindfulness and well-being in adults: the role of age and meditation experience

TL;DR: In this paper, two Finnish versions of the Freiburg mindfulness Inventory (FMI) and the Mindfulness Process Questionnaire (MPQ) were developed and their validity, as well as relation to age and well-being were investigated.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Recurrent Depression

TL;DR: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) as mentioned in this paper is a group-based psychosocial approach that uses mindfulness training and cognitive-behavioral exercises that teach people to recognize the early warning signs of depression, relate to them in a decentered and embodied way, and step out of old patterns of reactivity.
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The Benefits of Being Present: Mindfulness and Its Role in Psychological Well-Being

TL;DR: Correlational, quasi-experimental, and laboratory studies show that the MAAS measures a unique quality of consciousness that is related to a variety of well-being constructs, that differentiates mindfulness practitioners from others, and that is associated with enhanced self-awareness.
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The Attention System of the Human Brain

TL;DR: Illustration de trois fonctions principales qui sont predominantes dans l'etude de l'intervention de l'sattention dans les processus cognitifs: 1) orientation vers des evenements sensoriels; 2) detection des signaux par processus focal; 3) maintenir la vigilance en etat d'alerte
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Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

TL;DR: The treatment of Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been studied extensively in the literature as discussed by the authors, with a focus on the treatment of the behavioral patterns of patients with BPD.
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Multidimensional Assessment of Emotion Regulation and Dysregulation: Development, Factor Structure, and Initial Validation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale

TL;DR: The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) as discussed by the authors measures the ability to act in desired ways regardless of emotional state, and has high internal consistency, good test-retest reliability, and adequate construct and predictive validity.
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Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Context: Past, Present, and Future

TL;DR: studies from the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society not reviewed by Baer but which raise a number of key questions about clinical applicability, study design, and mechanism of action are reviewed.
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