Mindfulness-based positive psychology interventions: a systematic review.
BMC Psychol
; 9(1): 116, 2021 Aug 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1342827
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There are hundreds of mindfulness-based interventions in the form of structured and unstructured therapies, trainings, and meditation programs, mostly utilized in a clinical rather than a well-being perspective. The number of empirical studies on positive potentials of mindfulness is comparatively less, and their known status in academia is ambiguous. Hence, the current paper aimed to review the studies where mindfulness-based interventions had integrated positive psychology variables, in order to produce positive functioning.METHODS:
Data were obtained from the databases of PubMed, Scopus, and PsycNet and manual search in Google Scholar. From the 3831 articles, irrelevant or inaccessible studies were eliminated, reducing the number of final articles chosen for review to 21. Interventions that contribute to enhancement of eudaimonia, hedonia, and other positive variables are discussed.RESULTS:
Findings include the potential positive qualities of MBIs in producing specific positive outcomes within limited circumstances, and ascendancy of hedonia and other positive variables over eudaimonic enhancement.CONCLUSION:
In conclusion, exigency of modifications in the existing MBIs to bring about exclusively positive outcomes was identified, and observed the necessity of novel interventions for eudaimonic enhancement and elevation of hedonia in a comprehensive manner.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Meditation
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Mindfulness
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Traditional medicine
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Psychol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S40359-021-00618-2
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