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Mindfulness and Its Role in Physical and Mental Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 5251

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Chan Young Kwon

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Department of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, Dong-Eui University College of Korean Medicine, 52-57 Yangjeong-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47227, Korea
Interests: treatment; clinical psychiatry; mental illness; mind-body medicine

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Mindfulness can be defined as being a non-judgmental and open-minded attitude about the experience of the moment. Mindfulness can be promoted through mindfulness training, such as mindfulness meditation, yoga, and Tai Chi, and it has recently been reported that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) play an important role in improving physical as well as mental health. In addition, due to the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the development of information and communication technology, non-face-to-face mindfulness training is also becoming popular. This Special Issue plans to give an overview of the most recent advances in the field of mindfulness in physical and mental health. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: physical or mental health benefits of MBIs; the role of MBIs in the clinical population (such as patients with cancer); the role of MBIs in the non-clinical population (such as workers); therapeutic mechanisms of MBIs; the link between dispositional mindfulness and physical or mental health; cases of newly developed and tried MBIs; cases of MBIs introduced in the medical field.

Dr. Chan Young Kwon
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • mindfulness
  • dispositional mindfulness
  • mindfulness meditation
  • yoga
  • Tai Chi
  • mindful eating
  • mindfulness-based intervention
  • MBSR
  • MBCT

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Research and Public Interest in Mindfulness in the COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Era: A Bibliometric and Google Trends Analysis
by Chan-Young Kwon
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 3807; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20053807 - 21 Feb 2023
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Public and research interest in mindfulness has been growing, and the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic seems to have accelerated this growth. This study was conducted to investigate the public and research interest in mindfulness in the context of COVID-19. The term ‘Mindfulness’ [...] Read more.
Public and research interest in mindfulness has been growing, and the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic seems to have accelerated this growth. This study was conducted to investigate the public and research interest in mindfulness in the context of COVID-19. The term ‘Mindfulness’ was searched in Google Trends, and data were collected from December 2004 to November 2022. The relationship between the relative search volume (RSV) of ‘Mindfulness’ and that of related topics was analyzed, and ‘Top related topics and queries’ for the search term ‘Mindfulness’ were investigated. For bibliometric analysis, a search was conducted in the Web of Science database. Keyword co-occurrence analysis was conducted, and a two-dimensional keyword map was constructed using VOSviewer software. Overall, the RSV of ‘Mindfulness’ increased slightly. The RSVs of ‘Mindfulness’ and ‘Antidepressants’ showed an overall significant positive correlation (r = 0.485) but a statistically significant negative correlation during the COVID-19 era (−0.470). Articles on mindfulness in the context of COVID-19 were closely related to depression, anxiety, stress, and mental health. Four clusters of articles were identified, including ‘mindfulness’, ‘COVID-19’, ‘anxiety and depression’, and ‘mental health’. These findings may provide insights into potential areas of interest and identify ongoing trends in this field. Full article
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The Mediating Effect of Empathy between Mindfulness and Self-Leadership in Female University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Mikyoung Lee and Mijung Jung
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 15623; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315623 - 24 Nov 2022
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(1) Background: Acknowledging scant research on integrating mindfulness, empathy, and self-leadership among female university students, this study aimed to investigate the relationships among these three variables, as well as the mediating effect of empathy. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed with 127 [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Acknowledging scant research on integrating mindfulness, empathy, and self-leadership among female university students, this study aimed to investigate the relationships among these three variables, as well as the mediating effect of empathy. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed with 127 female sophomores in a mindfulness-based liberal arts class at K Women’s University in South Korea. Participants completed a self-reported questionnaire measuring levels of mindfulness, empathy, and self-leadership. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and correlations between the variables using the SPSS 28 program. The Jamovi 2.2.5 program was used to analyze the mediating effect of empathy. (3) Results: The levels of mindfulness, empathy, and self-leadership were higher than in previous studies. Mindfulness was positively related to empathy (r = 0.407, p < 0.001) and self-leadership (r = 0.635, p < 0.001); empathy was also positively associated with self-leadership (r = 0.635, p < 0.001). Furthermore, empathy mediated the relationship between mindfulness and self-leadership (β = 0.187, p < 0.001). (4) Conclusions: The findings indicate that mindfulness is helpful in improving university students’ self-leadership by reinforcing their empathy, and that an integrated training program of mindfulness and empathy could produce positive effects on promoting self-leadership. The findings can be utilized as a basis for developing programs to improve mindfulness and empathy, eventually improving students’ self-leadership. Full article
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