Mindfulness-based programmes and 'bigger than self' issues: protocol for a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) have an established, growing evidence base as interventions to optimise health, well-being and performance of individual participants. Emerging evidence suggests that MBPs also enhance prosociality, encouraging individuals to contribute to positive social change. This study focuses on the potential of MBPs to facilitate development of participants' inner resources that support prosocial shifts. The review seeks to detect shifts in MBP benefit from individual toward 'bigger than self', informing and empowering individual and collective responses to complex societal and global issues. The review aims to map current literature on MBPs and social change, into a descriptive overview with commentary on quality, trends, theoretical models a

SUBMITTER: Callen-Davies RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030572 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature