Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2015/Mindfulness and anxiety

Useful link

Hey! I am pretty familiar with using Mindfulness to help with anxiety and over the years I have immersed myself in the work of Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn (he developed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program) - it might be worth checking out!

Heres a link you could include in your book chapter: [[1]]

Hope this is helpful, let me know if you have any questions. U3048330 (discuss • contribs) 09:32, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Feedback

Hello, The chapter looks great so far. Somewhere in your 'quality of life' section you could mention some of the unwanted and sometimes dangerous side effects of anti-anxiety medications. This could then lead to your mindfulness section which represents really well the benefits of early self regulation. Great chapter so far, will be interested to see your chapter progress. --David James Stevenson (discuss • contribs) 00:36, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey lovely, your chapter looks so great. It flows well and its easy to read. I only have one suggestion. The only part this is a little hard to read becuase the sentence is so long, is the part where you are talking about the symptoms of anxiety and how they can be combination of: ... You could maybe use dot points so that the reader can follow it a bit easier :) great work (3083783ro (discuss • contribs) 10:05, 21 October 2015 (UTC)=u3083783)

Effectiveness of ACT

Hey, your book chapter's coming along really nicely! I was really interested in your ACT section as my cousin is a psychologist and predominantly uses this type of therapy for her clients. It sounds really good, however you might like to add some information on the effectiveness of ACT for Anxiety in comparison to other treatments. I found this article evaluating the effectiveness of ACT which might be nice to tie into this section (doi: 10.1017/bec.2014.5). You might also like to look into some of the work of Russ Harris, as he has written some popular self help books on the use of mindfulness and ACT for Anxiety and Depression - might make it a bit more practical for the reader to understand! Good luck with it! U3096454! (discuss • contribs) 12:02, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Heading casing

FYI, the convention on Wikiversity is for lower-cased headings. For example, use: ==Cats and dogs== rather than ==Cats and Dogs== -- Jtneill - Talk - c 04:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Chapter review and feedback

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Overall Overall, this is a strong, well-written, well-focused chapter. For more feedback see these copyedits and the comments below. Theory Theory is well covered with good depth. Consider including one or more case studies. Research Research is well covered. Organisational websites are over-used as citations. Preferably consult and cite primary, peer-reviewed sources. When describing important research studies, provide some indication of the nature of the sample and indicate the size of effects. Written expression The chapter is generally very well written, with effective Overview and Conclusion sections. A few clarification templates have been added. Layout Tables and/or Figures were used effectively. Perhaps the chapter could be improved by adding more images. Learning features The chapter makes excellent use of interwiki links to other book chapters and to relevant Wikipedia articles. Quiz questions are used effectively to encourage reader engagement. Spelling and grammar are generally good. APA style Put in-text citations in alphabetical order. Add Table caption. Otherwise, APA style is excellent.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 08:39, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Multimedia feedback

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Overall Overall, this is a solid, effective presentation. Structure and content Anxiety is defined/described. The description of mindfulness is quite brief - could be expanded. Mindfulness theory is well covered; research less so. Several mindfulness-based interventions are described, but perhaps fewer could be described but in more detail. What processes/steps might someone with anxiety go through with a mindfulness-based intervention? Include citations. Communication Audio is clear, but slightly too fast to easily comprehend - consider slowing down. See this article for more information about speaking rates. Visuals are clear and easy to read. Production quality Overall, well produced. Rename the title so that it includes the subtitle (and matches the book chapter). Description is minimal but sufficient (e.g., also include a brief description of presentation, link back to the book chapter, license details, and possibly include references, image attributions, and audio transcript). A copyright license for the presentation is not indicated (i.e., in the description or in the presentation slides).

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 02:27, 3 December 2015 (UTC)