This study was designed to test the hypothesis that mindfulness involves sustained attention, attention switching, inhibition of elaborative processing and non-directed attention. Healthy adults were tested before and after random assignment to an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course (n = 39) or a wait-list control (n = 33). Testing included measures of sustained attention, a...

Diabetes poses a major life stress that requires considerable physical, emotional, and psychological accommodation and coping. Mind-body therapies have drawn significant interest for their potential to assist in managing stress and adaptation to chronic illness. This review highlights the literature and research on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to improve the health and well-being of indiv...

Objectives As a result of participating in Project HEAL (Health, Energy, and Life at Work, a mindfulness-based stress reduction [MBSR] intervention), participants will demonstrate measurable differences from preto post intervention: 1. 10% increase in knowledge, skill, attitude, & behaviour 2. 10% improvement in perceived ability to effectively manage stress 3. 10% improvement in knowledge of a...

A 10-week, group therapeutic-oriented community-based intervention, the Moms' Empowerment Program (MEP), was tested with 181 children and their mothers exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) during the past year. Women's experiences of intimate partner violence and traumatic stress were assessed with standardized measures. A sequential assignment procedure allocated participants to three co...

abstract background: nurses face a great amount of stress that can threaten their health and reduce their motivation. nurses’ present working conditions lead to an increase in emotional pressures and depression. conducting a study on this seems to be necessary, with regard to nurses’ stressful working conditions, in order to take steps toward achieving different and non-meditational treatments ...

planning and evaluation of stress managementeducational program to improve behavior in multiple sclerosis patients based on basnef model     goldoust f [1] , ebadifardazar f [2] , solhi m [3] , ghorchiany f [4]     received: 18 feb, 2012 accepted: 6 jun, 2012     abstract   background & aims : multiple sclerosis (ms) is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system. ms is the re...