Li, Wendy, Miller, Daniel, Shapiro, Shauna, and Narayanan, Annalakshmi (2023) Editorial: Mindfulness and mental health in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. 1209911.

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Abstract

[Extract] COVID-19, associated public health measures—such as quarantine lockdown, the cessation of lockdown, re-lockdown—and media coverage of the spread of the virus, have contributed to psychological fear and anxiety on a global scale. As of 6 April 2023, globally 762,201,169 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6,893,190 deaths have been reported to WHO. Many people have been able to effectively engage mental resources, such as mindfulness, to overcome pandemic-related adversities and stresses and maintain mental health. This Research Topic, including seven papers, aims to explore the impact of mindfulness on the maintenance (and even potential improvement) of psychological wellbeing and mental health in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mindfulness refers to the quality of being aware of the present moment with curious, open-minded, non-judging, non-striving, and acceptant attitudes (Kabat-Zinn, 1982, 2013; Shapiro et al., 2008; Fisher et al., 2023). Mindfulness can provide cognitive flexibility to support the individual to actively construct current experiences and adapt to changing demands and challenging situations brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic by building mental resources and establishing new perspectives (Li et al., 2020).

Item ID:	78695
Item Type:	Article (Editorial)
ISSN:	1664-1078
Keywords:	Mindfulness, mental health, COVID-19, mindfulness-based intervention, anxiety
Copyright Information:	© 2023 Li, Miller, Shapiro and Narayanan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Date Deposited:	26 May 2023 06:23
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5203 Clinical and health psychology > 520304 Health psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200409 Mental health @ 100%
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