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Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the practice and mental state of sustained, nonjudgmental attention to present-moment experience, encompassing awareness of thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and surroundings. Derived from contemplative traditions and adapted into secular clinical formats such as mindfulness-based stress reductio…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 80× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-612X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Mindfulness is the practice and mental state of sustained, nonjudgmental attention to present-moment experience, encompassing awareness of thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and surroundings. Derived from contemplative traditions and adapted into secular clinical formats such as mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, it cultivates attentional regulation, acceptance, and decentering from distressing mental content. Both as a dispositional trait and as a trained skill, mindfulness is associated with reductions in stress, anxiety, and rumination and with improvements in emotional regulation, attention, and well-being, and it is applied as an adjunct in the management of chronic pain, mood and anxiety conditions, and the psychological burden of medical illness. Research examines its effects on subjective state and on physiological markers such as heart rate variability, and evaluates structured mindfulness and meditation interventions across populations. The subject matter examined in this area includes dispositional mindfulness, perceived stress, and well-being in cancer survivorship, mindful routines and attention in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, resilience-building in youth with ADHD, the effects of meditative sound and music practices on mood and heart rate variability, and psychosocial interventions in mood disorders. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on mindfulness, meditation-based interventions, and their application in psychotherapy and mental health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Dissociative Amnesia – A Challenge to Therapy  

Staniloiu AngelicaCorresponding author
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Exact topic International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research Cited by 30 doi:10.14302/issn.2574-612X.ijpr-18-2246

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 80 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Mindfulness, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research (ISSN 2574-612X).

Journal editorial board
Karim Sedky · United States Tullio Scrimali · Italy DAMIANA SCUTERI · Italy

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