Mindfulness最新文献

Objectives

Mindfulness research has flourished over the past several decades with prominent effects on health and wellbeing. More recently, mindfulness has been expanded to interpersonal contexts, notably within couples. Relationship mindfulness, or mindfulness within the context of romantic relationships, has also demonstrated significant effects on relationship quality beyond individuals’ dispositional mindfulness. Given the novelty of relationship mindfulness, there has been little psychometric evaluation of couple-oriented mindfulness scales. The goal of the current study was to test measurement invariance of the Relationship Mindfulness Measure (RMM) as well as the Positive–Negative Relationship Quality (PNRQ) across White and Black women. The associations between relationship mindfulness and positive and negative relationship quality were subsequently examined using latent variable modeling.

Method

A sample of 393 women was recruited from two universities (Mean age White = 27.54, Mean age Black = 30.99). A multiple group confirmatory factor analysis was utilized to test measurement invariance, and latent variable structural equation modeling was used to test associations between relationship mindfulness and positive and negative relationship quality.

Results

Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated configural, metric, and scalar invariance across race for both the RMM and PNRQ. Race did not affect the significant associations found between mindfulness and relationship quality.

Conclusions

The results indicate two key findings: (1) Relationship mindfulness was consistent across White and Black women, and (2) the effects of relationship mindfulness on relationship quality did not differ between Black and White women.

Preregistration

This study is not preregistered.

Objectives

Individuals may turn to alcohol in part because they lack effective strategies to manage negative affect (NA), such as self-compassion. Motives to cope with NA are key mechanisms of problem drinking outcomes that are associated with self-compassion. Drinking to cope (DTC) has been found to mediate the associations between negative affect (NA) and alcohol outcomes at the between-person level, but findings have been variable at the within-person level. Self-compassion components (particularly self-kindness and self-judgment) could serve as moderators to alter the impact of NA on drinking outcomes and may explain the prior varied findings. Accordingly, this study examined daily DTC as a mediator of NA-alcohol consequences and tested whether daily self-kindness/self-judgment moderated these associations.

Method

Regularly drinking adults (n = 128) completed up to 14 daily diaries each. Using multilevel structural equation modeling, we examined how daily variables interacted to predict alcohol consequences, while controlling for alcohol use and other drinking motives, at both within-person and between-person levels.

Results

DTC was found to mediate the relationship between NA and DTC at the within-person level, documenting this pathway for the first time in a community sample while controlling for other motives/use. Self-kindness correlated negatively with NA and DTC at the within-person level. Self-judgment correlated positively with NA, DTC, and alcohol consequences on within-person and between-person levels. The interactions with self-kindness/self-judgment were not significant.

Conclusions

Daily drinking to cope remains an important predictor of problematic substance use at the within-person level. Self-kindness/self-judgment was correlated with NA, DTC, and alcohol consequences, showing promise for relevance to drinking processes. Further work should be conducted to explore how individuals apply these skills with more precise temporal order.

Preregistration

This study is not preregistered.

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the effects of two meditation-based programs, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT), in a brief and intensive format on various psychological variables in a group of healthy volunteer adults attending a retreat with a crossover design.

Method

Participants received both interventions in a random order over 7 days (MBSR-CCT, n = 25; CCT-MBSR, n = 24). Assessments were conducted at three different times: Day 1 (pre-program), Day 4 (after completing the first program and before starting the second program), and Day 7 (post-second program), with a follow-up assessment 3 months later.

Results

A significant time main effect was found for emotion regulation (p < 0.001; b = 0.49), self-compassion (p < 0.001; b = − 0.78), mindfulness (p < 0.001; b = − 1.06), low-arousal positive affect (p < 0.001; b = − 1.39), and high-arousal negative affect (p < 0.001; b = 1.82), with improvements in the expected directions observed in both groups. However, the combination of MBSR followed by CCT showed an advantage in some psychological outcomes following the retreat. The follow-up analysis revealed that some of the psychological benefits observed were retained after 3 months (e.g., emotional distress and regulation, self-compassion, and mindfulness), especially in the groups starting their training with MBSR followed by CCT.

Conclusions

These findings highlight the benefits of meditation-based interventions in a brief and intensive format for psychological functioning in healthy adults, providing novel results on the sequential and combined effects of MBSR and CCT, with implications for practice and interventions.

Pre-registration

The study was pre-registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05516355).

Objectives

The unprecedented global pandemic and enforced isolation have increased emotional, cognitive, and social dysregulation in children, exacerbated by an educational environment dominated by a recovery agenda focusing on academic outcomes and regular testing, which continues. The use of a creative, agentic mindfulness activity was employed to support school reintegration, self-regulation, positive relationships, and a reduction in exclusions.

Method

A case study of a Year 4 group of children over a 6-month period in a trauma-informed primary school explored a mindfulness and guided visualisation intervention in the form of a book entitled “My Magical Garden”. Semi-structured interviews with the Head of Pastoral and Wellbeing and the classroom teacher, along with a participative Zoom session with the children, and their poems and stories, were conducted and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis via a constructivist epistemology and experiential orientation to data interpretation.

Results

The intervention led to reductions in children’s stress and anxiety levels and decreases in emotional and cognitive dysregulation. The intervention also resulted in an increase in positive relationships and school reintegration, and increased attention on cognitive tasks. The class also experienced zero exclusions over this period.

Conclusions

Mindfulness meditation and guided visualisation techniques that are creative, and intrinsically motivated, support cognitive and emotional regulation and support social and school success. In view of the ongoing impact of the pandemic and lack of support for social and emotional wellbeing, particularly for children facing adversity, mindfulness meditation programmes in schools should be available to all children.

Preregistration

This study is not preregistered.

Objectives

The rate of depression among college students has increased significantly, reducing vitality and ability to flourish. Mindfulness interventions delivered via technological platforms offer great promise for reducing depression symptoms and supporting positive wellbeing outcomes for college students. The present study aimed to understand the broader positive wellbeing outcomes that accompany a reduction in psychological distress following use of a technology-delivered mindfulness intervention.

Methods

Using a randomized controlled treatment design, this study evaluated the benefits of a mindfulness-based mobile application (app), Headspace, on various aspects of wellbeing in depressed college students. Students (n = 145) were randomly assigned to 2 months of app-based intervention or to a waitlist control. Participants completed self-report surveys assessing mental health and wellbeing at pre-intervention, midpoint (1 month), post-intervention (2 months), and follow-up (3 months).

Results

Using intent-to-treat analysis, those randomized to use the app, compared to those on the waitlist, demonstrated a reduction in depression symptoms, and in other indicators of psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, stress, negative affect), over time. Self-reported positive wellbeing outcomes included an increase in positive affect and happiness, enhanced capacity to savor the moment, enhanced compassion, self-regulation, and trait mindfulness. These statistically significant benefits were medium to large in size and lasted into the 1-month follow-up period. Further, students’ patterns of app use point to the critical gap that evidence-based technology-delivered interventions can fill.

Conclusions

Building on previous research, the present study illustrated that a technology-delivered mindfulness intervention comprehensively improved aspects of psychological distress and positive wellbeing in a sustained manner in college students.

Preregistration

This study was registered at OSF, https://osf.io/3trzk.

Objectives

Incarcerated parents and children’s caregivers participated in a brief mindfulness skills intervention called IMMERSIVE: Including Meaningful Mindful Experiences of Relational Savoring In Visiting Environments. The goal of IMMERSIVE was to support positive visiting experiences for families during incarceration by increasing adult perspective-taking, mindfulness, and positive emotion when reflecting on children’s visiting experiences.

Method

In this mixed-methods study, implemented using an intervention-only group design, 44 families participated in the study, which included pre-intervention interviews, parent–child remote video visits, and two IMMERSIVE visit coaching sessions. We audio-recorded pre-intervention interviews focusing on the child, pre-visit coaching sessions, and post-visit coaching sessions. Parental reflective functioning was coded from transcripts. In addition, pre- and post-visit transcripts were analyzed for the frequency of positive emotion words, negative emotion words, and mindfulness words utilizing text analysis (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count-22).

Results

For incarcerated parents, parental reflective functioning increased from pre-intervention to pre-visit coaching, with gains maintained through post-visit coaching sessions (medium effect size, p < 0.05). Negative emotion words decreased from pre- to post-visit coaching (large effect size, p < 0.05), with a particularly large effect size observed for at-home caregivers. Most caregivers and incarcerated parents reported that the intervention was helpful.

Conclusions

The study provides initial evidence that the IMMERSIVE intervention may help incarcerated parents gain insight into their children’s visiting experiences and help at-home caregivers use more positive and fewer negative emotion words when reflecting on children’s visiting experiences. Future research should confirm these benefits while expanding mindfulness skills interventions to include vulnerable children and families, such as families affected by parental incarceration.

Preregistration

This study is not preregistered.

Objectives

Previous research reported that distraction strategies (e.g., music, podcast) result in more positive exercise experiences compared to no strategy or association (internal attention) strategies. Mindfulness is considered an associative strategy that also includes awareness with acceptance and non-judgement. Initial evidence suggests mindful exercise is similar in affective experience to distracted exercise. Whether these results for mindful associative attention hold at a controlled higher intensity is not clear. Therefore, this study tested if a guided mindful exercise condition differed from a podcast (distraction) exercise condition on affective and motivational responses at a controlled moderately high exercise intensity.

Method

An inactive female sample (n = 30) participated in a within-subjects crossover design consisting of a baseline and counterbalanced mindful and podcast 20-min continuous walking exercise conditions 1 week apart. Affect (in-task and post-task) and motivational responses were recorded. An interview to gather in-depth experiential responses was conducted after the final session.

Results

Experimental manipulation was supported with significantly higher (p < 0.001) state mindfulness and internal focus in the mindful compared to the podcast condition. No other differences (p > 0.05) emerged across the two conditions on any affect or cognitive outcomes. However, interviews revealed some aversive experiences to mindfulness condition by a third of the sample. Those high on trait intrinsic motivation experienced higher state intrinsic motivation, but only in the mindfulness condition.

Conclusions

Results help guide how and for whom guided mindfulness can be used to support positive exercise experiences. Those who do not appreciate the sensations of exercise experience may not benefit from an acute mindful exercise experience.

Preregistration

This study is not preregistered.

This article explores the dynamic aspect of sīla, which entails divergent constructions of the moral practice in the schemes of the path in the Pāli canonical and post-canonical texts. In early Buddhist tradition, sīla is usually defined as the moral discipline consisting of three factors of the Eightfold Path (Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood), corresponding with varied lists of precepts applied to different agents. In addition to that partial understanding, this paper aspires to enrich the concept of sīla that goes beyond mere observance of precepts and includes practices related to the extended category of mindfulness. In the advanced stages of the path, mindfulness is usually incorporated with samādhi (concentration) to access deep meditative states. Nonetheless, the different interpretations of the path imply that some features of mindfulness practice have an active role in the prior mental dimension of moral development. Practices such as sati-sampajañña (mindfulness and clear comprehension), bhojane mattaññū (moderation in eating), jāgariyā (wakefulness), and santosa (contentment) all precede formal meditative development. However, they are included under the wide framework of mindfulness. Although these practices are not identified as ethical per se, they play a vital role in the practice of sīla and provide the necessary conditions for advanced mental development in formal meditative practice. As a result of these findings, this paper aspires to expand the notion of sīla as an integrated stage that combines bodily, verbal, and mental development, which comprises the pre-meditative practice.

Objectives

Recent studies suggest that children’s emotional difficulties may impact their parents’ psychological well-being, and certain protective factors could mitigate this association. The existing literature points to self-compassion as a potential protective factor against stress and difficulties. To this end, the present study aimed to explore the potential protective role of parents’ self-compassion in the prospective relationship between children’s emotional regulation difficulties and parents’ depressive symptoms.

Method

The initial sample consisted of 214 children (53.3% girls; M_age = 12.71, SD = 1.37) and their parents: 209 mothers (M_age = 46.74 years, SD = 4.42) and 181 fathers (M_age = 48.85 years, SD = 5.42). The participants answered self-report questionnaires in a two-wave longitudinal study conducted over one year. A multilevel analysis was performed to examine the predictive pathways of parents’ depressive symptoms from children’s emotional regulation difficulties, parents’ self-compassion, and their interaction. Gender differences were addressed in the predictive associations.

Results

Children’s emotional regulation difficulties predicted their parents’ depressive symptoms after one year, and this association was found to become attenuated as parents’ self-compassion increased. No significant gender differences were found for depressive symptoms or self-compassion, and parents’ gender did not moderate any of the longitudinal associations.

Conclusion

Children’s emotional regulation difficulties may increase risk for parental depressive symptoms, but parental self-compassion mitigates this relationship.

Preregistration

This study was not preregistered.