Evaluation of a mobile mindfulness app distributed through on-line stores: A 4-week study

Recently, interactive approaches aimed at helping people practice mindfulness have appeared in the literature. However, the few available user studies for such approaches focus only on short-term effects and are carried out in a lab or in a similar artificial setting. In this study, we aim instead at assessing the effectiveness of a mobile mindfulness app when used by people in their everyday contexts and over a prolonged period of time. People could participate in the study by downloading the app from Apple’s App Store as well as Google Play and by answering a mindfulness questionnaire at three pre-set times over a 4-week period. Moreover, the app automatically collected usage data each time it was used and qualitative feedback at the end of the study. Results reveal that users with no or minimal experience with meditation significantly increased their level of mindfulness over the 4-week study period. Moreover, the qualitative feedback provided by participants indicates that the app was positively perceived as beautiful and its usage elicited positive feelings in most of them. We discuss possible factors that could have contributed to the obtained results. Finally, we analyze how many users abandoned the study and at what times, comparing such data with other studies based on app stores distribution, and giving possible reasons.     

《庄子》静修的心理学阐释

《庄子》内篇中蕴含着丰富静修的心理学思想。结合原文,阐述了三个基本的静修原则,即“借助原型表达静修的境界”、“与内在圣贤的对话”以及“静修与日常生活的结合”。同时也阐发了庄子静修的几个重要的方法,即“心斋”、“坐忘”和“若镜”,并运用现代心理学以及心理治疗的理念和方法对其进行诠释。     

The development of pre-service teachers' knowledge: A contemplative approach

This study investigates the effects of meditation on enhancing pre-service teacher knowledge based on the framework of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) by deepening the reflective process. Participants were students enrolled in an ICT literacy course during the fall 2014 semester. Pre- and post-course surveys indicated that the teachers had significant growth in TPACK and other types of teacher knowledge and in the depth of their reflective practice. Post-course interviews indicated positive effects from their reflective practice, showing that meditation helped the teachers prepare themselves for learning, conduct cognitive and affective tasks, and improve self-efficacy and inner strength. Several implications were noted for the future direction of teacher education programs and research.     

篮球运动员心理放松练习方法

自我暗示和放松训练是运动员进行心理调整的主要方法,主要有呼吸练习、逐步放松练习、冥想练习、表象训练四种方式。     

“濠濮间想”造景意象源流考辨与嬗变探因

“濠濮间想”,一作“濠濮闲想”,是中国园林重要的造景意象之一。其典出《世说新语》,进而追溯至《庄子》,而考察众多现存善本,其原作“濠濮閒想”,“閒”同时包含“闲”之“闲适”与“间”之“之间”的含义。分析典籍文本及后世文人、造园家对此典的引用,确定“閒”在此意象中应释为“闲”,而由于唐宋以来园林意境理论及哲学思辨的发展,以及明清之际在典籍转录、刊刻中频频以“間”代“閒”,意象转而偏重于“间”。从“闲”到“间”不仅是文字的流变,也反映了“濠濮閒想”这一意象被应用于园林造景时,从早期侧重山水自然引发的“闲适”到后期侧重园林意境“时空之间”体验的某些转向。对于“濠”“濮”的二重典故,前者指向物我同一的终极思辨、后者重在个人德操品性的表达,因而前者在园林造景中更受青睐,却可直接用典《庄子》,其造景意向不能全然置于“濠濮闲(间)想”的语境中加以理解。     

上海食品产业发展的趋势与思考

简要回顾了上海食品产业的发展历史与现状。文章就国内外宏观经济环境、市场需求和消费结构的新变化对上海食品产业发展的影响和一些深层次问题进行了理性分析。同时,对上海食品产业的发展进行了剖析,重点在创新复合型食品专业人才的培养、产学研战略联盟的构筑、科技创新型团队建设、现代化食品物流系统的建立和食品安全体系完善等方面进行了战略性的思考并提出了相应的对策。     

禅宗美学的当代诠释——江西仙女湖花畔里禅修园创作实践

该文以江西仙女湖花畔里禅修园项目为例,通过对设计过程的分析和研究,阐述了如何运用当代建筑语言对佛教文化和禅修理念进行建构和诠释。设计在结合基地环境特征和地域文化的基础上,通过室外空间组织、环境营造来组织和包容各种禅修活动。并通过研习佛教文化以及禅修的基本方法和行为特点,将禅宗的静境之美、净素之美、空寂之美融于总体布局、建筑设计和景观营造之中,通过有形之物的建构来把握无形之精神,让禅修者在生活起居中获得人生感悟和文化享受。