Exploring How Trait Mindfulness Relates to Perceived Stress and Cardiovascular Reactivity

Ede, David; Walter, Fawn A; Hughes, Joel W.

doi:10.1007/s12529-020-09871-y

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“…Intentional awareness is characterized by clarity, flexibility, and a lack of discrimination (Brown et al, 2007). Further, mindfulness has been found to be associated with lower levels of perceived stress (Ede et al, 2020) and greater couple relationship quality for both men and women (Karremans, et al, 2017; McGill et al, 2020). The positive association between mindfulness and overall couple relationship quality has also been found to exist even when taking into account stress and positive interactions between partners (McGill & Adler-Baeder, 2020).…”

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“…Further, this trait can be cultivated through contemplative practices (e.g., meditation; Baer et al, 2006; Burpee & Langer, 2005), which could be taught through mindfulness trainings. The benefits of high levels of trait mindfulness (henceforth, mindfulness) are clear as high levels of mindfulness have been associated with more self-control (MacKenzie & Baumeister, 2015), self-regulation (Heppner et al, 2015), and stress management (Ede et al, 2020). Thus, foster caregivers who report higher levels of mindfulness may be more likely to manage the challenges associated with fostering and may be more likely to benefit from additional support and training.…”

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Non-relative foster caregivers’ changes in mindfulness and couple relationship skills following relationship education

Richardson

Mallette

Futris

et al. 2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Foster caregivers experience many challenges related to fostering which, for those in a committed couple relationship, may impact the health of that relationship. Recent efforts have been made to provide couple relationship education (CRE) to foster caregivers to provide them with the knowledge and skills to develop and maintain a healthy relationship with their partner amidst the challenges of fostering. Further, recent studies have begun to examine changes in other skills that may hinder or promote changes in couple relationship skills following participation in CRE programs. One such parallel process may be changes in mindfulness, which may promote or hinder change in couple relationship skills following a CRE program. Guided by adult learning theory and utilizing a repeated measures actor-partner interdependence model (RM-APIM), the current study aims to examine foster caregiver couples’ change in relationship skills after participating in the CRE program ELEVATE and to examine how changes in mindfulness may moderate change in couple relationship skills. Findings suggest that both men and women report significant improvements in both mindfulness and couple relationship skills following participation in ELEVATE and that change in mindfulness moderates change in couple relationship skills for women.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Non-relative foster caregivers’ changes in mindfulness and couple relationship skills following relationship education

Richardson

Mallette

Futris

et al. 2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Furthermore, mindfulness-based treatments have a clear effect on reducing self-reported stress in healthy individuals (Khoury et al, 2015). While the psychological and physiological mechanisms responsible for this stress reduction have not been fully elucidated, monitoring and acceptance (Ede et al, 2020), affect labelling (Lin et al, in revision), reduced amygdala connectivity (Bauer et al, 2019) and heart-rate variability (Watford et al, 2020) have been suggested as potential candidates in this pathway.…”

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Inter-relationships between changes in stress, mindfulness, and dynamic functional connectivity in response to a social stressor

Teng

2020

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We conducted a study to understand how dynamic functional brain connectivity contributes to the moderating effect of trait mindfulness on the stress response. 40 participants provided subjective reports of stress, cortisol assays, and functional MRI before and after undergoing a social stressor. Self-reported trait mindfulness was also collected. Experiencing stress led to significant decreases in the prevalence of a connectivity state previously associated with mindfulness, but no changes in two connectivity states with prior links to arousal. Connectivity did not return to baseline 30 minutes after stress. Higher trait mindfulness was associated with attenuated affective and neuroendocrine stress response, and smaller decreases in the mindfulness-related connectivity state. In contrast, we found no association between affective response and functional connectivity. Taken together, these data allow us to construct a preliminary brain-behaviour model of how mindfulness dampens stress reactivity.

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“…[11] Mindfulness, which is described as present-moment attention or awareness with the quality of being open and compassionate has been shown to reduce perceived stress and overall psychological health in general. [12][13][14] Mindfulness is originally a concept in Buddhist philosophy and modern scientific studies have suggested that mindfulness correlates negatively with stress in various populations including primary care health workers, nursing students and medical students. [15][16][17] However, in the context of Nepal, role of mindfulness has not been studied in medical students.…”

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Relationship between mindfulness and perceived stress in first year medical students of a medical college in Nepal: a cross-sectional observational study

Joshi¹,

Pandey²,

Chaudhary³

2021

J. Physiol. Soc. Nep.

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Introduction: Though mindfulness-based strategy is receiving attention to manage stress among medical students globally, role of mindfulness in the Nepalese context has not been studied. We aimed to study the relationship between perceived stress and trait mindfulness among first year medical students in a medical college in Nepal. Materials and methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in which all of the participants completed the structured self-administered questionnaire online. Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale was used to assess trait mindfulness and Perceived Stress Scale to assess perceived stress. Information about some potential stressors was also collected. Simple correlation as well as multiple linear regression analysis supplemented with relative weight analysis were performed to study the relationships. Results: Seventy-nine out of 99 first year medical students of the college participated in the study. Mean mindful attention awareness score was 3.88 (SD=0.78) and mean perceived stress score was 21.98 (SD=6.03). Perceived stress score correlated negatively and significantly with mindfulness score (Pearson’s r= -0.38, 95% CI= -0.56 to -0.18, p-value = 0.0005). Relative weight analysis also revealed significant and comparable (but in opposite direction) predictor roles of mindfulness and perceived academic course difficulty in prediction of perceived stress. However, sex, home country, perceived economic pressure, perceived peer pressure and perceived study environment adversity did not reach predictor significance in the relative weight analysis. Conclusions: Trait mindfulness is a significant predictor of perceived stress among first year medical students in the Nepalese context. Higher mindfulness is associated with lower perceived stress.

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Exploring How Trait Mindfulness Relates to Perceived Stress and Cardiovascular Reactivity

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Non-relative foster caregivers’ changes in mindfulness and couple relationship skills following relationship education

Non-relative foster caregivers’ changes in mindfulness and couple relationship skills following relationship education

Inter-relationships between changes in stress, mindfulness, and dynamic functional connectivity in response to a social stressor

Relationship between mindfulness and perceived stress in first year medical students of a medical college in Nepal: a cross-sectional observational study

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