Examining the Mediating Role of Stress in the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Depression and Anxiety: Testing the Mindfulness Stress-Buffering Model

Valikhani, Ahmad; Kankat, Leila Rahmati; Hariri, Parastoo; Salehi, Sepideh; Moustafa, Ahmed A.

doi:10.1007/s10942-019-00321-7

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“…COVID-19 anxiety is particularly important because it is a new risk factor for general mental health and mental well-being. The findings are partly aligned with studies that show that more mindful individuals are more likely to evaluate adverse events as less stressful and to cope better with them (Boe & Hagen, 2015;Hoge et al, 2018;Nezlek et al, 2016;Song & Lindquist, 2015;Valikhani et al, 2020;Weinstein et al, 2009). Reduced stress levels, therefore, improve mental health (Creswell & Lindsay, 2014), mental well-being (Beshai et al, 2016) and reduce anxiety (Lteif & Mavissakalian, 1995).…”

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The role of emotional competencies in psychological responding to COVID-19 pandemic

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With stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in anxiety and a decrease in overall mental well-being is expected. We investigated the role of emotional competencies (mindfulness and emotional self-efficacy) for psychological responding (mental well-being, general anxiety, and COVID-19 anxiety) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also examined whether practising mindfulness with inner (meditation-based) and body (yoga-based) exercises supports emotional competencies. Our sample consisted of 364 participants (83.5% females, M = 37.21 years, SD = 12.92 years). Findings showed that emotional competencies are a viable source of support in psychological responses to COVID-19, with Emotional self-efficacy and Accept without judgement playing the strongest roles. Moreover, practising mindfulness was shown to foster several aspects of emotional competencies (i.e., Observe, Describe, and Emotional self-efficacy). There is an ambiguous finding regarding Observe scale that was also found problematic in other studies. The implications for possible interventions are discussed.

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The role of emotional competencies in psychological responding to COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Although the association between mindfulness and various health outcomes has been well-studied, the underlying mechanisms are still not fully understood (Valikhani et al, 2019). Hölzel et al (2011) proposed four mechanisms that may be responsible for the positive effects of mindfulness on health: attention regulation (i.e., focusing of attention on a chosen object and returning attention to the object, whenever distraction occurs), body awareness (i.e., the ability to notice subtle sensations like sensory experiences of breathing), emotion regulation (i.e., a wide range of strategies for altering emotional responses like reappraisal, rumination), and nonattachment (i.e., release from mental fixations).…”

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Relationships Between Mindfulness Facets and Mental and Physical Health in Meditating and Nonmeditating University Students

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Beelmann

2021

European Journal of Health Psychology

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Abstract. Background: Little is known about the relations of the mindfulness facets to mental and physical health among meditators and nonmeditators. Aim: The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the mindfulness facets and mental as well as physical health of university students with and without meditation experience using attentional control, body awareness, nonattachment, and emotion regulation as mediators. Method: Data were collected from a sample of 508 university students (meditators: n = 195, nonmeditators n = 313). Path analysis models were used to examine the associations between the mindfulness facets, all candidate mediators and the outcome variables mental and physical health complaints. Additionally, a bootstrapping procedure was used to test the significance of the indirect effects. Results: Results showed that the associations between the mindfulness facets, the proposed mediators, and mental and physical health complaints were similar between students with and without meditation experience. Nonattachment and body awareness were the most important mediators. Limitations: Only self-report questionnaires were used in the study, and the majority of the sample was women and enrolled in health and social science studies. Conclusion: The results indicated that the investigation of mindfulness at the facet level is worthwhile. The study helps to clarify the associations between the mindfulness facets and mental as well as physical health among students with and without meditation experience. Further, mindfulness mediators should be examined in intervention studies.

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“…Consistent with previous findings (Richardson et al, 2019;Oh et al, 2019;Teker and Luleci, 2018), this study reveals that poor sleep quality is associated with anxiety symptoms. This may be because individuals with poor sleep quality tend to experience stress symptoms (Zhang et al, 2018), while stressed individuals tend to develop anxiety symptoms (Valikhani and Goodarzi, 2017;Valikhani et al, 2020). Therefore, individuals with poor sleep quality are more likely to experience anxiety through high levels of stress.…”

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Impact of problematic Facebook use, loneliness, and poor sleep quality on mental health

Ho¹

2021

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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To examine the effects of problematic Facebook use, loneliness, and poor sleep quality on anxiety and depression in the Vietnamese, 354 Facebook users at a university in central Vietnam in a cross-sectional study design was used. Participants completed Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, UCLA loneliness scale version 3, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Linear regression analysis found that problematic Facebook use, loneliness, and poor sleep quality respectively explained 31.3% and 45.6% of the variance in anxiety and depression. Problematic Facebook use, loneliness, and poor sleep quality were associated with anxiety and depression. Interventions should focus on reducing loneliness, improving sleep quality, and treating problematic Facebook use.

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Examining the Mediating Role of Stress in the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Depression and Anxiety: Testing the Mindfulness Stress-Buffering Model

Cited by 14 publications

References 40 publications

The role of emotional competencies in psychological responding to COVID-19 pandemic

The role of emotional competencies in psychological responding to COVID-19 pandemic

Relationships Between Mindfulness Facets and Mental and Physical Health in Meditating and Nonmeditating University Students

Impact of problematic Facebook use, loneliness, and poor sleep quality on mental health

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