for reasons other than religion. Two of the most commonly practiced forms of meditation are mindfulness meditation and concentration meditation. Meditation is commonly practiced nowadays to connect with one’s mind. Even though meditation usually is not thought of as a health treatment‚ meditating can improve one’s psychological‚ physiological‚ and social health. Psychological Health Psychological
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Mindfulness-based interventions are increasingly being used in clinical populations to reduce psychological distress and improve functioning. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) is a questionnaire that measures five facets of mindfulness: observe‚ describe‚ act aware‚ non-judge and non-react. The goal of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the FFMQ in a clinical population of fibromyalgia patients. A total of 141 patients completed an online questionnaire on mindfulness
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Since mindfulness‚ as Gudykunst (2005) argues‚ requires the communicators to be conscious of it‚ Miller and Samp (2007) then question the indicators of mindfulness. This makes individuals wonder how mindfulness stands on a continuum. This is similar to past critique back made by Yoshitake (2002) who argues that AUM overstresses the significance of mindfulness and consciousness. If one has never learned about the theory or related topics‚ it is unsure whether he is conscious of the mindfulness concept
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Mindfulness and Ethical Dilemmas Name Institution Ethics is a discipline concerned with the study of the values of human conduct and their relevance‚ and in which the actual values and standards by which we live are defined. However‚ ethical dilemma is a complicated situation‚ which involves conflicts and misunderstanding between crucial moral values (Nicole & Maurice‚ 2011). Several ethical theories have been developed that serve as a guide to people when making decisions. Nonetheless
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1. Sociological mindfulness is the practice of being aware of the uniqueness of the social world. Being sociologically mindful means that a person is open to paying attention to how society works and benefits each other; for example‚ to create power‚ to raise children‚ and to shape our fates. Sociological mindfulness helps us see the world differently because it lets us see how we as humans are connected and how our actions affect each other. We all want to be happy and achieve that we must treat
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“Mindlessness and Mindfulness” I. The article‚ “Mindlessness and Mindfulness‚” illustrates people’s way of acting without thinking or questioning their behavior. There are two ways to approach daily activities; one being mindfully doing so and the other to perform the task mindlessly. Ellen Langer argues that we tend to mindlessly perform many of our daily activities. We do this either through repetition of a task or on a single exposure to information. Langer also identifies how we do not question
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metaphysical heritage‚ which relates and interacts with each other (Alex Linley‚ Joseph‚ Harrington‚ & Wood‚ 2006). One way to use positive psychology into practise is through mindfulness. The objectives of this essay are to describe in more detail what positive psychology is and its heritage and the impact of mindfulness on wellbeing. Furthermore‚ research methods used in the studies will
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between different parts of the world. The sharing‚ lovingly lending‚ and forcefully taking of cultures is ceaseless and boundless‚ and the area between healthy cultural appreciation and expression‚ and appropriation and abuse‚ is often greyed. Public mindfulness of cultural appropriation is beginning to be more common liberal society--that
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Relationship between Mental Toughness and Mindfulness Joshua Perez Australian Catholic University Relationship between Mental Toughness and Mindfulness The psychological strength of an individual is just as important in the repertoire of an elite athlete as well as being physically strong and having high physiological capabilities. In some cases‚ the mental toughness of an athlete is what separates elite athletes from the rest of his/her competitors. According to McCanny (2014)‚ the area
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one’s daily life activities. Symptoms and levels of depression vary from mild to severe. Depression‚ on average‚ is most likely to appear in late teens years to mid-20s. Also‚ women have a much higher possibility to experience depression than men. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a psychological therapy used to help with the relapse of depression. It is intended to address anyone with major depressive disorder‚ also known as MDD. MDD is a type a depression known for its unique characteristics
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