The topic that I was interested in was looking at stress and some ways to manage it. Especially within the workplace, but I believe that a technique like this should be applied to a lot of different places where stress levels are high like schools. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) is a time of thoughtfulness that comes from the Buddhist idea of mindfulness. This entails for the person to aware of their thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and surrounding environment. Never really attaching yourself to any ideas and just being in tune with your surroundings. It's related to being accepting, compassionate, and nonjudgmental. This is done by controlling your breathing, walking, or sitting, and really focusing on filtering out your thoughts. The tradition of mindfulness is becoming something that is not just a Buddhist tradition, but a popular technique that is being used in the educational setting and healthcare. In this research, they looked at the cumulation of all the publications about MBIs and their effects on stress disorders like depression, anxiety, insomnia, eating disorders, addiction, ADHD, and PTSD. They also looked at chronic diseases that affect physical health like pain, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and asthma.
The implication of MBIs is heavily discussed in ethics and the research points out the use of this in business and military settings which may be a cause for concern due to the morals that are encouraged through this technique. However, in a general context, MBI was shown to have a great benefit in helping common mental, physical and social health conditions. I believe that a system like MBI should be implemented in high stress jobs and settings in order to create better workplace environment and happier contributors to society. Happier people means better work efficacy which means more work being done.
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Rachael A. Heckenberg a, a, b, AbstractObjectiveMindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have been related with improved job satisfaction, Kivimäki, M., Niedhammer, I., Eddy, P., Eller, N. H., Bakker, A. B., Grossman, P., Irving, J. A., Lundberg, U., Adam, E. K., Thayer, J. F., Brown, K. W., Jadad, A. R., Kabat-Zinn, J., Malarkey, W. B., Gex-Fabry, M., … O’Leary, K. (2018, September 22). Do workplace-based mindfulness meditation programs improve physiological indices of stress? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022399918305749?via%3Dihub
Zhang, D., Lee, E. K. P., Mak, E. C. W., Ho, C. Y., & Wong, S. Y. S. (2021). Mindfulness-based interventions: an overall review. British medical bulletin, 138(1), 41–57. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldab005
Hi, I really like your topic on Mindful-Based Interventions! I found an article talking about how mindfulness-based therapies can help people better regulate their emotions, especially those who are struggling with stress, anxiety, or depression. It also talks about how frequent practice improves a person's ability to control their emotional reactions, notice thoughts objectively, and become more aware of their emotional states.
ReplyDeleteGu, J., Strauss, C., Bond, R., & Cavanagh, K. (2015). How do mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction improve mental health and wellbeing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of mediation studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 37, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2015.01.006.
Hi! I enjoyed your article on MBI! I'm interested in this topic because mental health is so crucial to quality of life, but it is also something very difficult to quantify, so its really cool what your research had to offer. I was curious about numbers so I decided to look up some more information. After running Anovas to determine statistical significance between the control and test group, researchers found that MBI significantly reduced anxiety and depression (Ma Ying et al., 2018).
ReplyDeleteMa, Ying, et al. “Effectiveness of Online Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Psychological Distress and the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation.” Frontiers, Frontiers, 10 Oct. 2018, www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02090/full.