The Landscape of Current Meditation Research: An Overview to the Special Issue on “Health Benefits of Meditation”

Ooi, Soo Liang; Pak, Sok Cheon

doi:10.21926/obm.icm.1902033

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“…Our four items were based on the factors identified in prior research to be most representative of the salient processes associated with the benefits of contemplative practice [ 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. The practice of embodied somatic self-awareness was measured by the frequency of embodied-observing practices (i.e., pausing routine activities for at least five minutes for breathing deeply, gently stretching, noticing your senses).…”

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Contemplative Practices Behavior Is Positively Associated with Well-Being in Three Global Multi-Regional Stanford WELL for Life Cohorts

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Kaimal

et al. 2022

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Positive associations between well-being and a single contemplative practice (e.g., mindfulness meditation) are well documented, yet prior work may have underestimated the strength of the association by omitting consideration of multiple and/or alternative contemplative practices. Moreover, little is known about how contemplative practice behavior (CPB) impacts different dimensions of well-being. This study investigates the relationship of CPB, consisting of four discrete practices (embodied somatic-observing, non-reactive mindfulness, self-compassion, and compassion for others), with multiple dimensions of well-being. As with other canonical lifestyle behaviors, multiple contemplative practices can be integrated into one’s daily routine. Thus, it is critical to holistically consider these behaviors, extending them beyond a simple uni-dimensional measure (e.g., daily mindfulness meditation practice). We developed an integrative measure of four types of contemplative practice and found it to be significantly associated with a multi-dimensional measure of well-being. Importantly, our findings were from three large global multi-regional cohorts and compared against better-understood lifestyle behaviors (physical activity). Data were drawn from California/San Francisco Bay Area, (n = 6,442), Hangzhou City (n = 10,268), and New Taipei City (n = 3,033). In all three cohorts, we found statistically significant (p < 0.05) positive associations between CPB and well-being, both overall and with all of the constituent domains of well-being, comparable to or stronger than the relationship with physical activity across most well-being outcomes. These findings provide robust and cross-cultural evidence for a positive association between CPB and well-being, illuminate dimensions of well-being that could be most influenced by CPB, and suggest CPB may be useful to include as part of fundamental lifestyle recommendations for health and well-being.

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Contemplative Practices Behavior Is Positively Associated with Well-Being in Three Global Multi-Regional Stanford WELL for Life Cohorts

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Kaimal

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“…En este sentido, la respuesta habitual de los individuos ante las emociones perturbadoras es la de suprimir o evitar dicha emoción, o bien, sobreimplicarse en las mismas (Ramos & Salcido-Cibrián 2017). De acuerdo con Ramos (2019), la aproximación al fenómeno emocional presenta dos perspectivas: a) las respuestas emocionales de carácter amenazante, afrontar de manera evitativa puede dar lugar al trastorno mental o la psicopatología, y b) las respuestas emocionales que son comprendidas a través de la aceptación, y que propician el desarrollo de la salud integral.…”

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Salcido-Cibrián

Jiménez

Ramos

et al. 2021

Divers.: Perspect. Psicol.

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El presente estudio evalúa el efecto de una intervención adaptada del Programa Inteligencia Emocional Plena (PINEP) en adultos que han sufrido la pérdida de un ser querido. La intervención tiene una duración de doce sesiones, de dos horas y media por semana. La muestra está compuesta por 17 adultos de un rango de edad de entre 26 y 71 años (M = 50.59; SD = 14.44). Los participantes que completaron la intervención, muestran una mayor tolerancia al malestar desarrollando habilidades en mindfulness [t(16) = 4.17, d = 1.04, p ≤ .001] y una disminución en ansiedad estado [t(16) = -2.94, d = .72, p = .005], ansiedad rasgo [t(16) = -3.48, d = .78, p ≤ .001] y depresión [t(16) = -3.18, d = .66, p= .003]

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The Landscape of Current Meditation Research: An Overview to the Special Issue on “Health Benefits of Meditation”

Cited by 2 publications

References 31 publications

Contemplative Practices Behavior Is Positively Associated with Well-Being in Three Global Multi-Regional Stanford WELL for Life Cohorts

Contemplative Practices Behavior Is Positively Associated with Well-Being in Three Global Multi-Regional Stanford WELL for Life Cohorts

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