This study examined which particular facets of mindfulness (nonreactivity, observing thoughts and feelings, acting with awareness, describing experience, and nonjudging of experience) accounted for improvements in mood and warning signs of relapse in an adult population. This exploratory study examined the impact of the five facets of mindfulness on both warning signs of relapse and mood in a primarily minority adult population in a residential substance abuse treatment facility. Results showed that all five facets were significantly correlated with mood and warning signs at the bivariate level. When considering the facets together, observing and nonjudging were related to mood, and acting with awareness and nonjudging were related to warning signs. Implications for future research and practice are offered.

El presente trabajo de investigación se desarrolla con la finalidad de implementar sesiones de mindfulness a nivel corporativo enfocado en el Top y Middle Management, una alternativa diferente que sea operativa y económicamente factible. La motivación para desarrollar este proyecto se da por las actuales tendencias sobre el cuidado de la salud física y emocional a través de la gestión del estrés (Euromonitor, 2019) debido a los cambios en el entorno laboral y personal. Por ello, el uso de la metodología utilizada está basado en el Modelo Canvas considerando los puntos más importantes de forma visual. Dicha información fue validada a través de entrevistas a profundidad por expertos en recursos humanos, lo cual permitió reconfirmar el público objetivo con interés en el bienestar físico y emocional. Además, la empresa contará con una oficina administrativa en el distrito de Miraflores Por otro lado, en la evaluación económica del plan de negocio se obtiene una rentabilidad de s/57 512.32. Los resultados muestran una inversión inicial de s/. 103 490 de los cuales 50% es capital propio y 50% será financiado. Considerando un escenario esperado con la venta anual de 80 paquetes y la asistencia de 5 personas promedio por prácticas de 5 sesiones por programa, se alcanzaría una utilidad neta anual de s/. 74 810.65 en el primer año. Considerando los distintos escenarios sólo en el pesimista se obtiene una TIR de 51%, en el optimista de 131% y la TIRE de 43.77%. Los flujos económicos se reflejan positivamente a partir del primer año siendo en el año 2021 de s/.74 810.65, alcanzando los s/. 60 269.10 al 2022 y s/. 66 247.67 al 2023. Respecto al flujo financiero se registra s/. 54 515.45 en el año 2021 y llegando a s/.43 378.64 al 2023. / This research work is developed with the implementation of implementing mindfulness sessions at a corporate level focused on Top and Middle Management, a different alternative that is operative and economically factible. The motivation to develop this project is given by current trends in physical and emotional health care through stress management (Euromonitor, 2019) due to changes in the work and personal environment. However, the use of the methodology used is based on the Canvas Model determined the most important points of the visual form. Such information was validated through in-depth interviews by human resources experts and meditation experts, which confirmed the target audience with an interest in physical and emotional well-being. In addition, the company has an administrative office in the Miraflores district. On the other hand, in the economic evaluation of the business plan, a return of s / 57 512.32 is obtained. The results found an initial investment of s /. 103 490 of which 50% is own capital and 50% will be financed. Considering an expected scenario with the annual sale of 80 packages annual and the attendance of 5 average people for practices of 5 sessions per program, obtain an annual net profit of s /. 74 810.65 in the first year. Considering the different aspects only in the pessimistic one obtains TIR of 51%, in the optimistic obtains131% and the TIRE obtains of 43.77%. The economic flows show positively from the first year, being in 2021 of s/.74 810.65, reaching s/. 60 269.10 to 2022 and s/. 66 247.67 to 2023. Regarding financial flow, s/. 54 515.45 in the year 2021 and reaching s/ .43 378.64 by 2023. / Trabajo de investigación

Elitidrott innebär inte enbart hård träning, mästerskap, medaljer, glädje och gemenskap, utan kantas även av skador, psykisk ohälsa och sjukdomar som kan innebära ofrivillig frånvaro från tävlingar och elitverksamhet. I dagens samhälle har motivation och mental tuffhet blivit ett allt mer omtalat ämne inom idrottsvärlden och nämns ofta i samband med tävlingar och matcher från både journalister, experter, tränare och utövares håll. Allt fler tränare och atleter kräver en tydligare förståelse och tillvägagångssätt att arbeta med den mentala tuffheten, som är en bidragande faktor vid en ofrivillig frånvaro. Syfte: Studien syftar till att retrospektivt analysera och se samband mellan mindfulness, mental tuffhet och motivation hos elitskidåkare under en ofrivillig frånvaro från tävling och elitverksamhet som pågått i mer än fyra veckor. Metod: Arton elitskidåkare tävlande på internationell nivå och som varit frånvarande i mer än fyra veckor är inkluderade i studien, varav nio från Sverige (D=4, H=5) och nio från Norge (D=4, H=5). Deltagarna svarade på en enkät med 56 frågor som retrospektivt mäter mindfulness, mental tuffhet, motivation och viktiga faktorer för återgång till tävling under frånvaroperioden på mer än fyra veckor. Resultat: Studiens deltagare upplever en förmåga att medvetet vara i nuet, vara icke-dömande, klarar av att återfokusera på uppgiften, skattar en hög mental tuffhet och drivs av en inre- och yttre motivation samt en stark a-motivation för att ta sig tillbaka. Utifrån deltagarnas svar gick det att se att de är en homogen grupp som inte visar på några signifikanta skillnader gällande mindfulness, mental tuffhet och motivation. Slutsats: De elitskidåkare som deltagit i studien anser att det är viktigt med en tydlig målsättning, en tydlig plan, de skattar sig mentalt tuffa och är motiverade att komma tillbaka. De motiverar sig genom glädjen och gemenskapen inom idrotten och anser att stöd från personer runt omkring är en viktig del för återgång till tävling.

Experts have argued that hoarding disorder occurs in part because hoarding behaviors help individuals avoid distress and feel positive emotions in the moment. For example, when people who hoard choose to save something rather than discard it, they may avoid feelings of anxiety, and when people who hoard acquire something new, they may feel excited. However, no previous studies have examined whether or not these changes actually occur in the moment. These processes could also potentially be altered by how individuals respond to their emotions in the moment. For example, individuals who hoard may have stronger emotional reactions, distinguish less between different emotions, tend to avoid their emotions more, or tend to be inattentive of their experience, which could change how their emotions in the moment affect their behavior. Therefore, this study examined whether or not the anticipated effects of hoarding behaviors on mood occurred, and whether or not there were differences between those with higher and lower hoarding scores on how they respond to their emotions, in a sample of 61 college students. Participants completed two online surveys one week apart, and responded to questions on their mobile phone throughout the week. As expected, the students with higher hoarding scores had stronger emotional reactions to stress, avoided their emotions more often, and were less attentive to their ongoing experience. Both those with higher hoarding scores and lower hoarding scores vi reported that they acquired new items primarily to feel good. However, acquiring, discarding, working with items, and looking for items did not change either group’s mood in the moment. Overall, these findings suggest that people who hoard do have differences in how they respond to their emotions, which could mean that treatments that target these responses may be useful for these people. They also show the importance of understanding why working to put yourself in a good mood through acquiring is problematic for some people and not others, and suggest that there may be a difference between how these behaviors are intended to perform and their actual results.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Mindfulness-based interventions targeting psychological and physical symptoms in cancer survivors have been shown to be efficacious. However, little is known about theory-based psychological processes through which mindfulness-based interventions may decrease symptoms. The present study is a secondary analysis of data from a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) pilot trial targeting cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in cancer survivors. Thirty-five persistently fatigued cancer survivors were recruited from a university hospital and various community clinics in Indianapolis, Indiana. Participants were randomized to either a 7-week MBSR intervention for CRF or a waitlist control (WC) condition. Measures were administered at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up and included levels of mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion as well as the symptom outcomes of fatigue interference, sleep disturbance, and distress. I hypothesized that MBSR would lead to increased levels of five facets of mindfulness (i.e., observing, describing, acting with awareness, nonjudging of inner experience, nonreactivity to inner experience), self-compassion, and acceptance as compared to the WC condition. Using a linear mixed modeling approach, significant group by time interactions were only found for observing, acting with awareness, nonjudging, and self-compassion, such that the MBSR group showed steady increases in these processes over time, whereas the WC group’s scores remained relatively stable. In addition, I examined whether positive changes in the five facets of mindfulness were associated with reductions in the three symptoms using multiple linear regression. This hypothesis was partially supported; acting with awareness was the only facet of mindfulness to show a modest association with a decrease in fatigue, but this result fell short of statistical significance. In addition, decreased sleep disturbance was predicted by increases in acting with awareness and nonjudging, while decreased distress was predicted by increases in observing, acting with awareness, nonjudging, and nonreactivity. Results point to specific psychological processes that may be targeted to maximize the efficacy of future MBSR interventions for cancer survivors.

Breast and prostate cancers are among the two most common forms of cancer. In addition to the symptoms caused by the tumor itself, there are several sequelae associated with breast and prostate cancer that can be caused by the psychological impact of the diagnosis or from cancer treatment. Many of these symptoms can persist during the survivorship phase, even after the cancer has been treated. As such, given the large clinical population affected by these diseases, there is a strong need to identify and treat the unique symptom burden that these patients experience. While diagnosis and management of breast and prostate cancer-specific mortality have markedly developed over the years, there are still gaps in managing symptoms of cancer-related morbidity. Additionally, conventional pharmacological treatments for symptom management can come with their associated side-effects. Mindfulness-based interventions are a relatively new symptom management modality that have come as a part of a wave of cognitive-based therapies for simultaneous treatment of multiple cancer-related symptoms. Given the relative infancy of this treatment modality, much of the research has focused on its efficacy and validity as a treatment option. Even with exponential interest in this field, much of the underlying physiology of mindfulness is still unknown. This will be an examination of physiological mechanisms implicated in mindfulness-based interventions as they relate to breast and prostate cancer patients.

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