While rooted in a holistic philosophy and history, mindfulness-based practices have been operationalized and adapted by many researchers/practitioners as a cognitive behavioral intervention, which has proven to be effective for a wide variety of people and problems. However, some researchers and practitioners express concerns with this direction and the separation of mindfulness from its holist...

Mindfulness meditation-the practice of attending to present moment experience and allowing emotions and thoughts to pass without judgment-has shown to be beneficial in clinical populations across diverse outcomes. However, the basic neural mechanisms by which mindfulness operates and relates to everyday outcomes in novices remain unexplored. Focused attention is a common mindfulness induction w...

Mindfulness is associated with reduced negative affective states, increased positive affective states, and reduced clinical affective symptomatology (e.g., depression, anxiety) in previous studies. This chapter examines an emerging body of fMRI and EEG research exploring how mindfulness alters neurobiological emotion processing systems. We examine how dispositional (trait) mindfulness and how a...

Despite evidence linking trait mindfulness and mindfulness training with a broad range of effects, still little is known about its underlying active mechanisms. Mindfulness is commonly defined as (1) the ongoing monitoring of present-moment experience (2) with an orientation of acceptance. Building on conceptual, clinical, and empirical work, we describe a testable theoretical account to help e...

Mindfulness-basedapproaches toclinical interventionsare receiving increasing attention in psychiatric research.1 The article in this issueof JAMAPsychiatrybyKuykenet al2 is an importantmeta-analysis ofmindfulness-basedcognitive therapy (MBCT) in the prevention of depression relapse. This meta-analysiswasconducted at the individual patient level and included 9 randomized clinical trials, with da...

Using a common set of mindfulness exercises, mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) have been shown to reduce distress in chronic pain and decrease risk of depression relapse. These standardized mindfulness (ST-Mindfulness) practices predominantly require attending to breath and body sensations. Here, we offer a novel view of ST-Mindfulness's so...

This study evaluates a three-week online self-training intervention teaching mindfulness as cognitive–emotional segmentation strategy. Daily effects on psychological detachment, affective well-being, and strain-based work–family conflict, satisfaction with work–life balance were assessed, particular focus whether preferences moderate training responsiveness. A randomized wait-list control group...

Continuous innovation has become a key to gaining sustainable competitive advantage for organizations in the 21st century. By focusing on underlying mechanisms (i.e., mindfulness and work engagement) by which it works, this study addresses quality of leader–member relationships their relevance workplace. Using sample 210 employees from 17 Spanish companies, two-wave longitudinal design evaluate...

Recent literature has emphasized the possible benefits to mindfulness practice. Evidence for a negative relation between mindfulness and pathology has come from validity studies of several newly developed, self-report mindfulness questionnaires. Results illustrate a consistent negative relation between levels of self-report mindfulness and symptoms of depression, negative affect, and anxiety am...