The Contribution of Meaningfulness and Mindfulness to Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health: A Structural Equation Model

Crego, Antonio; Bernabé, José Ramón Yela; Gómez-Martínez, María Ángeles; Karim, Ahmed A.

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“…This study found that MBT for patients with LDH has a statistically significant effect on the psychological well‐being of the patients ( P < .05) (Table 2). Similarly, Crego et al 37 found that MBT improved psychological well‐being and mental health. Zvolensky et al 38 stated that MBT, individuals are aware of their thoughts and feelings, thus preventing their judgmental attitudes and negative focus on themselves.…”

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“…Way et al 34 in their study examining the relationship between awareness and depression and Waelde et al 35 This study found that MBT for patients with LDH has a statistically significant effect on the psychological well-being of the patients (P < .05) ( Table 2). Similarly, Crego et al 37 found that MBT improved psychological well-being and mental health.…”

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The effect of mindfulness‐based therapy on psychiatric symptoms, psychological well‐being, and pain beliefs in patients with lumbar disk herniation

Yüksel

Çetinkaya

Karakoyun

2020

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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This study was conducted to determine the impact of mindfulness-based therapy on psychiatric symptoms, psychological well-being, and pain beliefs in patients with lumbar disk hernia. Design and Methods: The study was a nonrandomized pretest-posttest controlled quasi-experimental research and carried out in a total of 64 patients. A personal information form, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Psychological Well-Being Scale, and the Pain Beliefs Scale were used for data collection. Findings: We observed a statistically significant difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of the posttest mean scores of the psychiatric symptoms, psychological well-being, and pain beliefs. Practice Implications: The results revealed that mindfulness-based therapy has a positive impact on pain beliefs and psychological well-being. K E Y W O R D S lumbar disk hernia, mindfulness-based therapy, psychosocial status 1 | INTRODUCTION Lumbar disk herniation (LDH) is a disease that restricts the activities of individuals in daily life and is common in the community. 1 The most common symptom among patients diagnosed with LDH is pain, which should be considered as a multidimensional feeling. 2 Encountering a sudden pain causes a serious effect on the psychological states of individuals. 1 These effects include one's fear of being dependent on others, the anxiety of death, fear that some parts of the body will be maimed, and concerns about being unable to meet economic needs. 3 The patient, whose psychological state is affected, experiences emotional reactions, and the extent of which may vary depending on the physiological process, such as anger, irritation, denial of the disease or condition, helplessness, and frustration due to the fear of dependence on others. 3,4 These reactions often cause psychiatric disorders in individuals. The symptoms of anxiety and depression increase even more if the patient has severe lumbar pain, complicating the compliance of the patient to the treatment. 1 To facilitate the adaptation of the individuals to the treatment process, the stressful situations they experience should be identified and solved through appropriate nursing interventions. Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) can be used to cope with the pain, anxiety, stress, and depression experienced by individuals in different patient groups. 5-7 The concept of consciousness is defined as living the instant experiences and admitting and acknowledging the moment without being influenced by the possible experiences and emotions gone through in the past or planned for future. 8 Consciousness is the momentary experience in which the person concentrates his or her attention on that moment, that is, the present, and admits it without any judgment. MBT also includes methods that enable one to focus on that particular moment. With the administration of these methods, one learns the strategies of coping with problems, accepting internal and external experiences, and avoiding. 9 MBT-applied research has been conducted on cancer patients, 6...

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confidence: 89%

The effect of mindfulness‐based therapy on psychiatric symptoms, psychological well‐being, and pain beliefs in patients with lumbar disk herniation

Yüksel

Çetinkaya

Karakoyun

2020

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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“…Anhand eines Strukturgleichungsmodells, welches mit Daten von N = 1628 Probanden berechnet wurde, konnten wir zeigen, dass Achtsamkeit im Alltag mit einer signifikanten Verringerung von negativen Affekten und einer signifikanten Verbesserung der psychischen Gesundheit einhergeht, auch wenn der Einfluss von demografischen Daten wie Alter, Beruf und Bildung kontrolliert wird [19]. Es stellt sich daher die praktische Frage, wie Therapeuten im klini-schen Alltag bei Patienten mit psychischen und psychosomatischen Beschwerden Achtsamkeit im Alltag fördern können und welchen Beitrag eine Waldtherapie hier leisten kann.…”

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Wald reloaded – Die Neuentdeckung des Waldes aus gesundheitspsychologischer Sicht

Karim¹,

Khalil²,

Schmitt³

2020

Zeitschrift für Komplementärmedizin

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SummaryGibt es eine Verbindung zwischen Wald und Gesundheit,die man wissenschaftlich nachweisen kann? Woran liegtes, dass sich viele Menschen nach einem Waldbesuch erholt fühlen? Welche Prozesse spielen hierbei im Gehirnund im Körper eine Rolle? In diesem Artikel werden diewichtigsten Erkenntnisse zum Thema Wald und Gesundheit zusammengefasst. Insbesondere werden die psychophysiologischenund neuroendokrinen Effekte vonWaldaufenthalten besprochen und ihre Relevanz für dieTherapie von psychischen und psychosomatischen Störungendiskutiert.

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“…Meaning in life is composed of two dimensions: the presence of meaning , expressed in a sense of coherence, purpose, and significance toward one’s existence, surrounding events, and the comprehensibility of reality; and search for meaning , aroused by feelings of emptiness and lack of understanding of life's value and purpose (Boullion et al, 2020 ; Steger et al, 2006 ). Studies suggest that whereas well-being and happiness are associated with the presence of meaning in life, distress is related to the search for meaning (Crego et al, 2020 ; Li et al, 2020 ; Steger et al, 2008 ). In addition, a study examining the presence of meaning in life in the shadow of COVID-19 found a positive association with hope, which in turn was negatively associated with stress and anxiety (Trzebiński et al, 2020 ).…”

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Meaning in Life among New Mothers before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Mothers’ Marital Satisfaction and Perception of the Infant

2021

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On the assumption that existential questions may arise in the face of the transition to motherhood in the shadow of a global crisis, we sought to compare the levels of presence of meaning and search for meaning in life between two samples of new mothers: one recruited before the outbreak of COVID-19, and the other during the pandemic. In addition, we examined the associations between mother's marital satisfaction and perception of the infant on the one hand, and the two aspects of meaning in life on the other, investigating whether these variables mediate the link between research group and meaning in life. The results indicate that mothers reported significantly higher perception of infant's warmth and presence of meaning before than during the pandemic. Furthermore, they displayed greater marital satisfaction and more search for meaning during the pandemic than prior to it. For the whole sample, higher marital satisfaction and perception of infant’s warmth were related to higher presence of meaning, and lower marital satisfaction and perception of the infant's invasiveness were related to higher search for meaning. Finally, mother's marital satisfaction and perception of the infant fully mediated the relationship between the research group and the two aspects of meaning in life. These findings are significant in that they provide, for the first time, evidence of changes in meaning in life among new mothers in a crisis situation, along with the importance of their perceptions of their relationships with the infant and spouse under these circumstances.

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The Contribution of Meaningfulness and Mindfulness to Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health: A Structural Equation Model

Cited by 33 publications

References 72 publications

The effect of mindfulness‐based therapy on psychiatric symptoms, psychological well‐being, and pain beliefs in patients with lumbar disk herniation

The effect of mindfulness‐based therapy on psychiatric symptoms, psychological well‐being, and pain beliefs in patients with lumbar disk herniation

Wald reloaded – Die Neuentdeckung des Waldes aus gesundheitspsychologischer Sicht

Meaning in Life among New Mothers before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Mothers’ Marital Satisfaction and Perception of the Infant

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