Changes in Ruminative Thinking Mediate the Clinical Benefits of Mindfulness: Preliminary Findings

Heeren, Alexandre; Philippot, Pierre

doi:10.1007/s12671-010-0037-y

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“…Overall, the findings of this study are consistent with theoretical predictions regarding the mechanisms through which mindfulness-based interventions treat depression, one of which is that mindfulness training alleviates symptoms of depression through reducing maladaptive rumination (Teasdale et al 1995;Heeren and Philippot 2011;Shahar et al 2010). The present study further highlighted the role of shifts in metacognitive beliefs about rumination as an additional mechanism of change underlying the effects of mindfulness training.…”

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Effects of Mindful Acceptance and Reappraisal Training on Maladaptive Beliefs About Rumination

2016

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The present study examined the relative effects of mindful acceptance and reappraisal on metacognitive attitudes and beliefs in relation to rumination and negative experiences. A small but growing literature has compared the effects of these strategies on immediate emotional experience, but little work has examined the broader, metacognitive impact of these strategies, such as maladaptive beliefs about rumination. One hundred and twenty-nine participants who reported elevated symptoms of depression were randomly assigned to receive brief training in mindful acceptance, reappraisal, or no training prior to undergoing an autobiographical sad mood induction. Participants rated their beliefs in relation to rumination and negative experiences before and after instructions to engage in mood regulation. Results showed that relative to reappraisal or no training, training in mindful acceptance resulted in greater decreases in maladaptive beliefs about rumination. The study suggests that training in mindful acceptance promotes beneficial changes in metacognitive attitudes and beliefs relevant to depression, and contributes to a greater understanding of the mechanisms through which mindfulness-based interventions lead to positive outcomes.

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Effects of Mindful Acceptance and Reappraisal Training on Maladaptive Beliefs About Rumination

2016

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“…However, contrary to previous evidence suggesting that scores. This may be because most of this evidence is based on training in state mindfulness rather than trait mindfulness differences (e.g., Deyo et al 2009;Heeren and Philippot 2011;Kingston et al 2007). Although Borders et al (2010) reported an association with trait mindfulness, they measured mindfulness with the Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (Brown and Ryan 2003) and this scale has more in common with measures of attentional cognitive failures than with other measures of trait mindfulness (Cheyne, Carriere and Smilek 2006;Grossman 2011).…”

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Trait mindfulness and autobiographical memory specificity

Crawley

2014

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Training in mindfulness skills has been shown to increase autobiographical memory specificity. The aim of this study was to examine whether there is also an association between individual differences in trait mindfulness and memory specificity using a non-clinical student sample (N = 70). Also examined were the relationships between other memory characteristics and trait mindfulness, self-reported depression and rumination. Participants wrote about 12 autobiographical memories which were recalled in response to emotion word cues in a minimal instruction version of the Autobiographical Memory Test, rated each memory for seven characteristics, and completed the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, and the Ruminative Responses Scale. Higher rumination scores were associated with more reliving and more intense emotion during recall.Depression scores were not associated with any memory variables. Higher trait mindfulness was associated with lower memory specificity and with more intense and more positive emotion during recall. Thus, trait mindfulness is associated with memory specificity but the association is opposite to that found in mindfulness training studies. It is suggested that this difference may be due to an influence of trait mindfulness on memory encoding as well as retrieval processes and an influence on the mode of self-awareness that leads to a greater focus on momentary rather than narrative self-reference.

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“…Numerous researchers have demonstrated beneficial effects of mindfulness on outcomes such as pain management (Kabat-Zinn et al 1985;Rosenzweig et al 2010;Zautra et al 2008), immune function (Creswell et al 2009;Davidson et al 2003;Fang et al 2010), changes in brain areas associated with emotion (Davidson et al 2003;Hölzel et al 2010;Hölzel et al 2011), ruminative thoughts (Deyo et al 2009;Heeren & Philippot 2011;Jain et al 2007;Labelle et al 2010;Shapiro et al 2007), cognitive distortions ), positive reappraisal coping (Garland et al 2011), preventing relapse of depression (Kuyken et al 2008;Teasdale et al 2000), anxiety and negative affect Vøllestad et al 2011), perceived stress and selfcompassion (Shapiro et al 2005), and hope ). Meta-analyses of mindfulness-based stress reduction programs suggest that these interventions are promising for individuals coping with a variety of physical and mental health issues including pain, cancer, heart disease, depression, anxiety, and stress in healthy people (Bohlmeijer et al 2010;Chiesa & Serretti 2009;Grossman et al 2004;Hofmann et al 2010).…”

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Perceived Benefits and Doubts of Participants in a Weekly Meditation Study

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We examined perceived benefits and doubts of participants in a meditation intervention study. We conducted a content analysis of weekly written reports from 65 college students practicing meditation over the course of an academic semester. As anticipated, the majority of participants reported at least one benefit of meditation, and most of these individuals also reported at least one doubt. Benefits fell broadly into cognitive, emotional, and spiritual categories. Types of benefits reported extend beyond many existing quantitative measures focusing on awareness and attention. These results affirm the need for additional measures and multiple methods to capture the depth and breadth of mindfulness experience. Doubts fell broadly into cognitive and physical challenges during meditation sessions, difficulty finding the time and motivation to meditate outside class sessions, and questions about the efficacy of meditation and self-efficacy to engage in it. Descriptions of doubts may inform how mindfulness leaders provide instruction in research and practice settings, and might mitigate attrition.

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Changes in Ruminative Thinking Mediate the Clinical Benefits of Mindfulness: Preliminary Findings

Cited by 118 publications

References 27 publications

Effects of Mindful Acceptance and Reappraisal Training on Maladaptive Beliefs About Rumination

Effects of Mindful Acceptance and Reappraisal Training on Maladaptive Beliefs About Rumination

Trait mindfulness and autobiographical memory specificity

Perceived Benefits and Doubts of Participants in a Weekly Meditation Study

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