Resting-state fMRI functional connectivity and mindfulness in clinical and non-clinical contexts: A review and synthesis

I Sezer, DA Pizzagalli, MD Sacchet - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review synthesizes relations between mindfulness and resting-state fMRI functional
connectivity of brain networks. Mindfulness is characterized by present-moment awareness …

Mindfulness, compassion, and self-compassion among health care professionals: What's new? A systematic review

C Conversano, R Ciacchini, G Orrù… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Health care professionals (HCPs) are a population at risk for high levels of burnout and
compassion fatigue. The aim of the present systematic review was to give an overview on …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study

AT Gloster, D Lamnisos, J Lubenko, G Presti… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic triggered vast governmental lockdowns. The impact
of these lockdowns on mental health is inadequately understood. On the one hand such …

The development and validation of the compassion scale

E Pommier, KD Neff, I Tóth-Király - Assessment, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a measure of compassion for others called the Compassion Scale (CS),
which is based on Neff's theoretical model of self-compassion. Compassion was …

Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing

B Szigeti, L Kartner, A Blemings, F Rosas, A Feilding… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Microdosing is the practice of regularly using low doses of psychedelic drugs. Anecdotal
reports suggest that microdosing enhances well-being and cognition; however, such …

Self-compassion and psychological distress in adolescents—a meta-analysis

IC Marsh, SWY Chan, A MacBeth - Mindfulness, 2018 - Springer
Research indicates that self-compassion is relevant to adolescents' psychological well-
being, and may inform the development of mental health and well-being interventions for …

Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT)

EK Lindsay, JD Creswell - Clinical psychology review, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Mindfulness, self-compassion, and savoring: Factors that explain the relation between perceived social support and well-being

JM Wilson, A Weiss, NJ Shook - Personality and Individual Differences, 2020 - Elsevier
Perceived social support has consistently been associated with better psychological well-
being, but the pathway (s) through which social support increases positive psychological …

Psychological resilience early in the COVID-19 pandemic: Stressors, resources, and coping strategies in a national sample of Americans.

CL Park, L Finkelstein-Fox, BS Russell… - American …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Spreading rapidly across the United States beginning in the spring of 2020, the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic radically disrupted Americans' lives. Previous studies …

Dispositional mindfulness and psychological health: A systematic review

ER Tomlinson, O Yousaf, AD Vittersø, L Jones - Mindfulness, 2018 - Springer
Interest in the influence of dispositional mindfulness (DM) on psychological health has been
gathering pace over recent years. Despite this, a systematic review of this topic has not been …