Download - Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
“Meditation is not evasion; it is a
serene encounter with reality.”
Mindfulness began as a
Buddhist Tradition, but
its methodology is
secular. People of all
religions and of no
religion can benefit.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Founded The Stress Reduction
Program in 1979
Founded The Center for
Mindfulness in Medicine,
Health Care, and Society in
1995
More than 20,000 people have
completed the 8 week
Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction Program (MBSR)
University of Massachusetts
Medical School
DR. John Kabat-Zinn
Based on the work
of
MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS
REDUCTION
Decreases in:
1. Depression
2. Anxiety
3. Substance Abuse
4. Stress
Increases in:
1. Metacognition
2. Self-regulation
3. Pro-Social Behavior
4. Emotional intelligence
Gina Biegel • Founder of Stressed
Teens Training Institute
• Developer of MBSR for
Teens
• Director of Research
for Mindful Schools in
the California
Elementary School
System
Works Cited
Brown, K. West, A. Loverich, T. Biegel, G. 2011. Assessing Adolescent Mindfulness: Validation of an Adapted
MAAS-A in Normative and Psychiatric Populations. Psychological Assessment. Vol. 23.No.4, 1023-1033.
Field T, Diego M. Int J Neuroscience. 2008 Aug;118(8):1081-108. doi: 10.1080/00207450701769067
"Something Has to Change": Blacks in American Buddhism, Lawrence Pintak,Shambhala Sun, September 2001.
Greco, L. Baer, R. Smith, G. 2011. Assessing Mindfulness in Children and Adolescents: Development and
Validation of the CAMM. Psychological Assessment. Vol 23, No. 3, 606-614 American Psychological
Association
Sapolsky, R. (n.d) Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and coping.
W.H. Freeman and Company. New York
Tan, L. Martin, G. 2013. Taming the Adolescent Mind: A preliminary Report of a mindfulness-based psychological
intervention for adolescents with clinical heterogeneous mental health diagnosis. Clinical Child Psychiatry.
18:300
Websites Cited
http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/stress/index.aspx
http://news.dhamma.org/2013/06/childrens-course-in-newark-usa
http://www.stressedteens.com
http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/105847-the-miracle-of-mindfulness-a-manual-on-meditation
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMindfulnessMovie
http://news.dhamma.org/2013/06/childrens-course-in-newark-usa/
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/march7/sapolskysr-030707.html
http://drgabormate.com/about/
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/If-you-re-stressed-so-is-your-kid-2192120.php
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/31281.php
Video links http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fpLGpeeW5c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP74T4WnrCI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLoxj6JLjtw