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The vision of the SMU Mindfulness Initiative is to make a positive impact on individuals, organizations and society by conducting research, education, and outreach on mindfulness. The initiative brings together various members of the SMU community (faculty, staff, and students) as well as others passionate about studying, teaching, and practicing mindfulness. The initiative engages in activities such as conducting basic and applied research on mindfulness and mindfulness interventions in business and society, developing courses / modules on mindfulness and offering ideas on integrating mindfulness into other course, and providing evidence-based mindfulness courses to organizations on topics such as mindful leadership, among others.
 
The vision of the SMU Mindfulness Initiative is to make a positive impact on individuals, organizations and society by conducting research, education, and outreach on mindfulness. The initiative brings together various members of the SMU community (faculty, staff, and students) as well as others passionate about studying, teaching, and practicing mindfulness. The initiative engages in activities such as conducting basic and applied research on mindfulness and mindfulness interventions in business and society, developing courses / modules on mindfulness and offering ideas on integrating mindfulness into other course, and providing evidence-based mindfulness courses to organizations on topics such as mindful leadership, among others.
 
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<div style="background: #6CACFF; padding: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 0px; font-size:20px; font-family:helvetica"><font color= #FFFFFF>About ReFokus Android Application</font></div>
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Of late, there has been a lot of interest in the concept of mindfulness and how it can improve well-being and productivity. One way to cultivate mindfulness is through the practice of meditation. Although there is evidence that meditation can reduce stress and depression, much more research is needed—especially research that looks at the effects of meditation in everyday contexts (at home, work, and elsewhere).
 
Of late, there has been a lot of interest in the concept of mindfulness and how it can improve well-being and productivity. One way to cultivate mindfulness is through the practice of meditation. Although there is evidence that meditation can reduce stress and depression, much more research is needed—especially research that looks at the effects of meditation in everyday contexts (at home, work, and elsewhere).
The Mindfulness Initiative, in collaboration with LiveLabs, has been developing a smartphone app (ReFokus). ReFokus will introduce users to various guided meditation exercises. A novel part of the app is that it doubles as a research assessment tool. Users would be alerted to complete short surveys at various moments through their day. This data would be presented as feedback to the users and help us evaluate whether these exercises really help to improve well-being.
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ReFokus, an Android Meditation Application, introduces guided meditation exercises for the users. A novel aspect of the app is that is doubles as a research assessment tool. Users would be prompted to complete short surveys after each exercise as well as randomly throughout their day. The data collected are presented as feedback to users; they also help the researcher evaluate whether the exercises improve well-being. Finally, the content delivered by ReFokus is updatable through a web portable that enables researchers to design and evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) in users' everyday life.
 
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<div style="background: #6CACFF; padding: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 0px; font-size:20px; font-family:helvetica"><font color= #FFFFFF>Project Objective</font></div>
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Using scientific data to support the benefits of meditation and how it improve one’s quality of live.<br><br>
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Introduce an convenient way to reach out to larger pool of participants and generate scientific data to support the benefits of meditation and how it improve one’s quality of live.<br><br>
 
 
<div style="background: #6CACFF; padding: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 0px; font-size:20px; font-family:helvetica"><font color= #FFFFFF>Problem</font></div>
 
Faced with a challenge of lack of scientific data and feedback from participants.<br><br>
 
 
 
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Research<br><br>
 
 
 
<div style="background: #6CACFF; padding: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 0px; font-size:20px; font-family:helvetica"><font color= #FFFFFF>Industry</font></div>
 
Health Care<br><br>
 
 
 
<div style="background: #6CACFF; padding: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 0px; font-size:20px; font-family:helvetica"><font color= #FFFFFF>Primary User</font></div>
 
Researcher, using collected data for analysis and to support the benefits of meditation.<br><br>
 
 
 
<div style="background: #6CACFF; padding: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.3em; text-indent: 0px; font-size:20px; font-family:helvetica"><font color= #FFFFFF>Secondary User</font></div>
 
Participant, taking part in the research program, producing essential data and providing feedback.<br><br>
 

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About SMU Mindfulness Initiative

The vision of the SMU Mindfulness Initiative is to make a positive impact on individuals, organizations and society by conducting research, education, and outreach on mindfulness. The initiative brings together various members of the SMU community (faculty, staff, and students) as well as others passionate about studying, teaching, and practicing mindfulness. The initiative engages in activities such as conducting basic and applied research on mindfulness and mindfulness interventions in business and society, developing courses / modules on mindfulness and offering ideas on integrating mindfulness into other course, and providing evidence-based mindfulness courses to organizations on topics such as mindful leadership, among others.

About ReFokus
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Of late, there has been a lot of interest in the concept of mindfulness and how it can improve well-being and productivity. One way to cultivate mindfulness is through the practice of meditation. Although there is evidence that meditation can reduce stress and depression, much more research is needed—especially research that looks at the effects of meditation in everyday contexts (at home, work, and elsewhere). ReFokus, an Android Meditation Application, introduces guided meditation exercises for the users. A novel aspect of the app is that is doubles as a research assessment tool. Users would be prompted to complete short surveys after each exercise as well as randomly throughout their day. The data collected are presented as feedback to users; they also help the researcher evaluate whether the exercises improve well-being. Finally, the content delivered by ReFokus is updatable through a web portable that enables researchers to design and evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) in users' everyday life.

Objective

Introduce an convenient way to reach out to larger pool of participants and generate scientific data to support the benefits of meditation and how it improve one’s quality of live.