“Mindfulness as an intervention approach in mental health has been increasingly used to promote health in young people. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness training on coping with stress, test anxiety, and happiness to promote health in female high school students. The results showed that in the posttest, a significant difference was seen between the mean scores of the participants of the experimental and control groups in the variables of problem-oriented, emotion-oriented, and avoidant coping variables (P < 0.05). In addition, the results showed that in the posttest, there was a significant difference between the mean scores of test anxiety; happiness; and happiness components including life satisfaction, self-esteem, active well-being, satisfaction, and positive mood (P < 0.05).”
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Research on Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the practice of purposely bringing one’s attention to the present-moment experience without evaluation, a skill one develops through meditation or other training.
Research
- The effectiveness of mindfulness training on coping with stress, exam anxiety, and happiness to promote health – PMC (nih.gov)
- 90 Seconds to Emotional Resilience (alysonmstone.com)
- Effect and Acceptability of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Patients With Elevated Blood Pressure or Hypertension | Hypertension (ahajournals.org)
- Loving-kindness and compassion meditation: Potential for psychological interventions – Clinical Psychology Review (Science Direct)
- Loving Kindness Meditation and Its Impact on Intergroup Anxiety (Journal of Reattach Therapy and Developmental Diversities (ResearchGate)
- Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on attention, rumination and resting blood pressure in women with cancer: A waitlist-controlled study – Journal of Behavioral Medicine (Springer Link)
- Improved Social Skills in Children with Developmental Delays After Parent Participation in MBSR: The Role of Parent–Child Relational Factors – Journal of Child and Family Studies (Springer Link)
- Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program on Stress, Anxiety, and Prenatal Attachment for High-Risk Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Mindfulness (Springer Link)
Benefits
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Mindfulness meditation: A research-proven way to reduce stress (apa.org)
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The neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based pain relief: a fu… : PAIN Reports (lww.com)
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression – ScienceDirect
- Influence of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention on rates of skin clearing in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis undergoing phototherapy (UVB) and photochemotherapy (PUVA) – PubMed (nih.gov)
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction helps lower blood pressure, study finds — ScienceDaily
- (PDF) The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on cardiac patients’ blood pressure, perceived stress and anger: a single-blind randomized controlled trial (researchgate.net)
Body Scan Meditation
“Body Scan Meditation”
By: Audrey Simmons
Time: 32:56
Research on Breathing
Intentional breathing allows us access to a tool that is always with us, our breath. Studies continue to show the connection between our emotions and our breathing patterns.
Research
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Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal.
- Promoting Mental Health and Psychological Thriving in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Well-Being Interventions
- Respiratory feedback in the generation of emotion
- How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing – Frontiers in Human Neuroscience – (NIH)
Mountain Meditation
“Mountain Meditation”
By: Audrey Simmons
Time: 20:58
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.”
Bryant McGill
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