Exploring the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Cardiac Perception

Parkin, Lucy; Morgan, Ruth M.; Rosselli, Anna; Howard, Maxine; Sheppard, Alicia; Evans, Davy; Hawkins, Amy; Martinelli, Mabel; Golden, Ann-Marie; Dalgleish, Tim; Dunn, Barnaby D.

doi:10.1007/s12671-012-0181-7

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“…Furthermore, participants who had received the mindfulness training reported significantly stronger increases in the degree to which they trust their body sensations and significant reductions in their tendencies to worry about sensations of discomfort. In contrast, mindfulness training did not lead to stronger increases in self-reported general tendencies to notice uncomfortable or comfortable body sensations, a finding that seems to be consistent with previous reports of failures to demonstrate increases in perceptual accuracy following mindfulness training (Parkin et al 2014). While there is thus little evidence for increases in perceptual aspects of interoceptive awareness, the current findings suggest that even brief training can significantly increase regulatory and belief-related aspects of interoceptive awareness.…”

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An Investigation of the Effects of Brief Mindfulness Training on Self-Reported Interoceptive Awareness, the Ability to Decenter, and Their Role in the Reduction of Depressive Symptoms

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Mindfulness-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of depression are predicated on the idea that interoceptive awareness represents a crucial foundation for the cultivation of adaptive ways of responding to negative thoughts and mood states such as the ability to decenter. The current study used a multi-dimensional self-report assessment of interoceptive awareness, including regulatory and beliefrelated aspects of the construct, in order to characterize deficits in interoceptive awareness in depression, investigate whether brief mindfulness training could reduce these deficits, and to test whether the training unfolds its beneficial effects through the above-described pathway. Currently depressed patients (n = 67) were compared to healthy controls (n = 25) and then randomly allocated to receive either a brief training in mindfulness (per-protocol sample of n = 32) or an active control training (per-protocol sample of n = 28). Patients showed significant deficits across a range of regulatory and belief-related aspects of interoceptive awareness, mindfulness training significantly increased regulatory and belief-related aspects of interoceptive awareness, and reductions in depressive symptoms were mediated through a serial pathway in which training-related increases in aspects of interoceptive awareness were positively associated with the ability to decenter, which in turn was associated with reduced symptoms of depression. These results support the role of interoceptive awareness in facilitating adaptive responses to negative mood.

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An Investigation of the Effects of Brief Mindfulness Training on Self-Reported Interoceptive Awareness, the Ability to Decenter, and Their Role in the Reduction of Depressive Symptoms

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“…It has been shown that interventions such as relaxation and mindfulness training do not substantially alter heartbeat perception. 70,71 Cardiac interoceptive awareness could be improved using a biofeedback procedure, at least for a limited period; 72 however, inconsistent findings have also been reported in this area. 73 At present, very little is known about the possible beneficial effects of training in interoception on emotion processing and clinical symptoms.…”

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Diminished Interoceptive Awareness in Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Duschek

Montoro

Paso

2015

Behavioral Medicine

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Sensitivity to signals arising within the body (interoceptive awareness) has been implicated in emotion processing; interindividual differences in interoceptive awareness modulate both subjective and physiological indicators of emotional experience and the regulation of emotion-related behaviors. This study investigated interoceptive awareness in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), a chronic pain condition accompanied by various affective symptoms. Interoceptive awareness was assessed in 45 FMS patients and 31 healthy individuals using a heartbeat perception task. Cognitive performance, comorbid psychiatric disorders and medication use were assessed as possible confounding variables. Concerning the primary outcome, patients exhibited markedly reduced heartbeat perception compared to healthy individuals. Moreover, there was an inverse relationship between interoceptive awareness and FMS symptom severity. Reduced interoceptive awareness may be involved in the affective aspects of FMS pathology. Poor access to bodily signals may restrict patients´ ability to integrate these signals during emotional processing, which, by extension, may preclude optimal emotional self-regulation.

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“…Additionally, de Jong et al [17] found Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy to significantly increase the Self-Regulation and Not-Distracting MAIA scales in comparison with treatment as usual. Yet, it is also important to note that while mindfulness training may improve interoceptive awareness as measured by self-report, mixed results have been observed regarding more objective measures of interoceptive accuracy, such as heartbeat detection, following mindfulness training [30,31]. …”

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Holding the body in mind: Interoceptive awareness, dispositional mindfulness and psychological well-being

Hanley

Mehling

Garland

2017

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

114

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Objective Recent dialogue between Western and Eastern traditions has stimulated novel explorations of the relationship between mind and body. Many of these cross-cultural, mind-body dialogues have proven productive in identifying more adaptive forms of embodiment. Prior studies suggest that dispositional mindfulness (DM) and interoceptive awareness (IA) are associated but distinct, key constructs in mind-body approaches that are conceptualized in a variety of ways with imprecisely characterized relationship. The current study is a secondary data analysis that explores the relationship between scores on measures of IA and DM, examining multivariate networks of association between these constructs and addressing their relationship with scores on a measure of psychological well-being. Method Participants (n=478) were American adults completing measures of interoceptive awareness (as measured by the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness; MAIA), dispositional mindfulness (as measured by the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire; FFMQ), and psychological well-being (as measure by the Scales of Psychological Well-Being; SPWB) online. The average participant age was 36.44 (S.D.=12.17), and 57% were female. Results Correlational results from his study indicated that the IA scales and DM facets form two associative clusters. Canonical correlation analysis supported this finding, revealing that two primary networks of association exist between IA and DM, a Regulatory Awareness cluster and an Acceptance in Action cluster. Finally, hierarchical linear regression demonstrated that the self-report measures of IA and DM shared considerable variance, but also explained unique portions of the variance in psychological well-being. Conclusion This psychometric investigation demonstrates that IA and DM are tightly interwoven, partly overlapping constructs. Indeed, greater DM is strongly linked with greater IA. Additionally, both IA and DM appear to be independently associated with enhanced psychological well-being. Future research should investigate how mindfulness practices moderate IA for therapeutic implications.

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Exploring the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Cardiac Perception

Cited by 88 publications

References 46 publications

An Investigation of the Effects of Brief Mindfulness Training on Self-Reported Interoceptive Awareness, the Ability to Decenter, and Their Role in the Reduction of Depressive Symptoms

An Investigation of the Effects of Brief Mindfulness Training on Self-Reported Interoceptive Awareness, the Ability to Decenter, and Their Role in the Reduction of Depressive Symptoms

Diminished Interoceptive Awareness in Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Holding the body in mind: Interoceptive awareness, dispositional mindfulness and psychological well-being

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