Frontiers in Psychology

Mindfulness Class Helped Women, But Not Men, Overcome ‘Negative Affect’

by Deconstructing Yourself
May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

In a new study of a Brown University scholarly course on mindfulness that also included meditation labs, researchers found that the practice on average significantly helped women overcome “negative affect” — a downcast mood —… Read More »Mindfulness Class Helped Women, But Not Men, Overcome ‘Negative Affect’

Mindfulness Training Improves Self-control for Youth in Jail

by Deconstructing Yourself
November 6, 2013

By Christopher James for Furturity A meditation-based therapy known as ‘mindfulness’ training can improve attention skills in incarcerated youth and increase self-control over emotions and actions, research shows. The recent study is the first to… Read More »Mindfulness Training Improves Self-control for Youth in Jail