Front Psychol
December 4, 2025
Shanshan Wang, Jingwu Liu
3 citations
Mindfulness training can help adolescent athletes build psychological resilience. An empirical analysis showed that athletes who completed a mindfulness intervention reported improved coping skills and emotional regulation compared to those who did not receive the training. The program involved structured mindfulness exercises over several weeks. Results suggest that such training may be a useful tool for supporting mental toughness and well-being in young sports participants.
Spinal cord
March 1, 2025
Mengqi Li, Wing Yiu Lo, Yule Hu et al.
2 citations
A scoping review of nine studies across four countries found that mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) improved psychological health outcomes—depression, anxiety, and stress—in people with spinal cord injury, with medium-to-large effect sizes (partial eta-squared from 0.112 to 0.223). Additional benefits were reported for chronic pain, functional independence, engagement in meaningful activities, and quality of life, though these were each examined in only one study. Participants found the interventions acceptable and satisfactory. Study quality was weak in six of the nine studies and strong in two. The findings generally support MABIs as effective for improving overall well-being in this population, though more research is needed on intervention design and mechanisms.
Frontiers in public health
January 1, 2022
Gang Wu, Shanshan Wang, Tingling Wang et al.
During the COVID-19 lockdown, six young adults who abused nitrous oxide were hospitalized with neurological symptoms including limb numbness and an unsteady gait. Laboratory tests showed four had low vitamin B12 and three had elevated homocysteine levels, though none had pernicious anemia. Spinal MRI revealed abnormal signals in the cervical spinal cord in four patients, and five had peripheral nerve damage on electromyography. Psychological evaluations indicated severe anxiety, depression, and psychosis in all patients, more severe than in the general population. Their motivations for inhaling nitrous oxide included boredom, curiosity, and peer pressure, and their families spent less than one day per week with them during the lockdown.