Search results for "tietoinen läsnäolo"

Participants' outcome expectations and changes in well-being and ill-being in mindfulness based intervention for burnout

2015

Tietoisuustaitopohjaisten interventioiden tuloksellisuudesta työuupumuksen hoidossa Suomessa on vielä vähän tutkimustietoa. Hoitoa koskevien odotusten yhteyttä hoidon tuloksellisuuteen tietoisuustaitopohjaisissa interventioissa on myös tutkittu vähän. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli tarkastella tietoisuustaito-, hyväksyntä- ja arvopohjaiseen menetelmään perustuvaan ja työuupumuksen hoitoon tarkoitettuun Muupu-interventioon osallistuneiden (n = 88) psyykkisen hyvinvoinnin ja työpahoinvoinnin muutoksia sekä hoitoa koskevien odotusten yhteyttä näihin muutoksiin. Itsearvioitua psyykkisen hyvinvoinnin muutosta mitattiin emotionaalisen-, psykologisen- ja sosiaalisen hyvinvoinnin mittareilla. …

A cultural comparison of mindfulness and student performance: Evidence from university students in five countries

2021

Societal and cultural norms are important in shaping how individuals live, study, and work. Of particular interest in recent research is the role of mindfulness, defined as the ability to focus on the present moment, and how it can impact cognitive function and productivity. This study examines the relationship between scholastic achievement and mindfulness among university students in China, Finland, Germany, South Africa, and the United States. Comparisons between countries with respect to self-reported measures of mindfulness, test anxiety levels, and phone usage are analyzed. These measures are used to determine whether mindfulness affects student performance in introductory economics c…

Suspending judgement – ethical English dialogue skills for working life

2018

It is a well-known fact that burnout at work is often the result of poor interaction in the work community. As workplaces become more multicultural with English as the most common lingua franca (ELF), workplace communication and interaction might get even more complicated. This article proposes that students in higher education be offered a chance to start preparing themselves for interaction in global work life communities already during their degree studies. Workplace communication needs to be ethical and ethical dialogue skills can be practiced in the English classroom. nonPeerReviewed

Decoding attentional states for neurofeedback : Mindfulness vs. wandering thoughts

2019

Neurofeedback requires a direct translation of neuronal brain activity to sensory input given to the user or subject. However, decoding certain states, e.g., mindfulness or wandering thoughts, from ongoing brain activity remains an unresolved problem. In this study, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to acquire brain activity during mindfulness meditation and thought-inducing tasks mimicking wandering thoughts. We used a novel real-time feature extraction to decode the mindfulness, i.e., to discriminate it from the thought-inducing tasks. The key methodological novelty of our approach is usage of MEG power spectra and functional connectivity of independent components as features underlyin…

Changes in Mindfulness Facets and Psychological Flexibility Associated with Changes in Depressive Symptoms in a Brief Acceptance and Value Based Inte…

2018

ACTing for depressive symptoms : a longitudinal study of a brief 4-session acceptance- and value-based intervention for symptoms of depression

2018

The main objective of this study was to investigate a brief 4-session intervention based on a theoretical framework of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and to explore its short- and long-term effectiveness among individuals reporting depressive symptoms. Additionally, the research aimed at further exploring the elements of psychological flexibility and mindfulness associated with improvements in depressive symptoms. The dissertation comprises three studies. Study I investigated the effectiveness of the brief intervention compared to a waiting-list control group. In total, 57 participants were randomized into either the ACT intervention (n = 28) or the waiting-list control (WLC; n = …

Act, accept and be mindful : evaluation of three technology- and internet-delivered psychological interventions for mood and well-being

2015

How long-term mindfulness meditation practice affects the brain mechanisms of attention?

2015

In the last few decades, the beneficial effects of meditation and mindfulness have been broadly researched. Because attention plays a key role in mindfulness, it has been assumed that long-term practice of mindfulness meditation also has an impact on attention on neurophysiological level.In the current study, we explored how the long-term practice of mindfulness meditation affects the brain mechanisms of attention. We compared two groups, long-term meditation practisers and meditation novices. EEGscanning was conducted during an attention task of dichotic listening, where two stories were listened simultaneously, and participants were asked to concentrate in only one of the stories at a tim…

Mindfulness-acceptance-commitment program for athletes and exercisers : an action research case study

2016

Control-based psychological skills training (PST) practices have been widely capitalized on in sport for the past few decades, despite inconsistent empirical evidence of their efficacy on sport performance. The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) program has preliminary support as an additional approach in performance enhancement, however, there is very limited research involving its implementation especially within group settings. Current study was aimed at planning, implementation, and evaluation of a seven-session MAC program among a diverse group of active athletes and regular exercisers (n=16). This study was an educational action research case study with a mixed method design. Per…

Examining mediators of change in wellbeing, stress, and depression in a blended, Internet-based, ACT intervention for university students

2020

A coach-guided Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention that uses a blended approach of two face-to-face and five online sessions (iACT; N = 33) has been found to be more effective than a waiting-list control condition (WLC; N = 35) at enhancing the wellbeing of university students while also reducing stress and depression. The present study explored possible mediators of change that may account for the outcomes of the study. Mediation analyses revealed that changes in the non-reactivity subscale of mindfulness mediated changes in wellbeing, depression, and stress in the iACT group. In addition, changes in the sense of coherence subscale of meaningfulness mediated changes in all…