Importance Many people meditate to reduce psychological stress and stress-related health
problems. To counsel people appropriately, clinicians need to know what the evidence says …

Within the past few decades, there has been a surge of interest in the investigation of
mindfulness as a psychological construct and as a form of clinical intervention. This article …

Mindfulness describes a state of consciousness in which individuals attend to ongoing
events and experiences in a receptive and non-judgmental way. The present research …

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 …

Research suggests that mindfulness practices offer psychotherapists a way to positively
affect aspects of therapy that account for successful treatment. This paper provides …

Mindfulness meditation practices (MMPs) are a subgroup of meditation practices which are
receiving growing attention. The present paper reviews current evidence about the effects of …

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an established program shown to reduce
symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. MBSR is believed to alter emotional …

There has been a great increase in literature concerned with the effects of a variety of mental
training regimes that generally fall within what might be called contemplative practices, and …

The effects of randomization to mindfulness training (MT) or to a waitlist-control condition on
psychological and physiological indicators of teachers' occupational stress and burnout …

There is increasing interest in the beneficial clinical effects of mindfulness-based
interventions (MBIs). Research has demonstrated their efficacy in a wide range of …