Intensive mindfulness training-related changes in cognitive and emotional experience

Orzech, Kevin M.; Shapiro, Shauna L.; Brown, Kirk Warren; McKay, Matthew P.

doi:10.1080/17439760902819394

Cited by 105 publications

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“…Having said that, it is comparable or larger to many previous mindfulness studies in similar settings that have shown effects (see e.g. Chambers et al 2008;Wimmer et al 2016;Orzech et al 2009) and is larger than would usually be found in cognitive studies that have used similar tasks (e.g. Thornton et al 2014;Kristjánsson et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 75%

Meditation, Cognitive Flexibility and Well-Being

Hartkamp

Thornton

2017

J Cogn Enhanc

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A number of previous studies have suggested that mindfulness meditation can enhance cognitive performance. Although both western empirical findings and Buddhist psychological theory have emphasised a role for cognitive flexibility in the development and maintenance of mental health, few studies have specifically focused on flexibility in relation to mindfulness. The present study used a range of objective, behavioural measures to assess cognitive flexibility in 41 individuals before and after a 6-day intensive Vipassana (mindfulness) retreat. Subjective assessments of mindfulness, positive functioning and well-being were also taken. A comparably sized control group of students and government employees was given the same pre-and post-test measures. In contrast to our expectations and to previous reports, there were no significant changes in cognitive performance, over and above practice-related improvements also shown by the control group. Retreat participants did, however, register positive improvements on the subjective measures. We discuss possible limitations with our experimental design and highlight important issues that may assist future studies aiming to assess effects of mindfulness in the cognitive domain.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

Meditation, Cognitive Flexibility and Well-Being

Hartkamp

Thornton

2017

J Cogn Enhanc

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“…Only three papers identified in the review explicitly reported gender as a potential covariate, with men generally reporting higher self-compassion scores than women (Neff 2003a;Neff, et al, 2005;Raes 2010 We note that we excluded several methodologically heterogeneous studies that used compassion as process measure of change in psychological interventions (Shapiro, Astin, Bishop & Cordova, 2005;Shapiro, Brown & Biegel, 2007;Shapiro, Brown, Thoresen & Plante, 2011;Abercrombie, Zamora & Korn., 2007;Orzech, Shapiro, Brown & McKay, 2009;Laithwaite et al, 2009;Schroevers & Brandsma, 2010;Lee & Bang, 2010;Rimes & Wingrove, 2011). The majority of treatment studies reported significant change in self-compassion either over the course of treatment or in treatment as against a control intervention.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring compassion: A meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology

MacBeth

Gumley

2012

Clinical Psychology Review

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Compassion has emerged as an important construct in studies of mental health and psychological therapy. Although an increasing number of studies have explored relationships between compassion and different facets of psychopathology there has as yet been no systematic review or synthesis of the empirical literature. We conducted a systematic search of the literature on compassion and mental health. We identified 20 samples from 14 eligible studies. All studies used the Neff Self Compassion Scale (Neff 2003, a). We employed meta-analysis to explore associations between self-compassion and psychopathology using random effects analyses of Fisher"s Z correcting for attenuation arising from scale reliability. We found a large effect size for the relationship between compassion and psychopathology of r= -0.54 (95%CI = -0.57 to -0.51; Z=-34.02; p<.0001). Heterogeneity was significant in the analysis. There was no evidence of significant publication bias. Compassion is an important explanatory variable in understanding mental health and resilience. Future work is needed to develop the evidence base for compassion in psychopathology, and explore correlates of compassion and psychopathology.

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“…Research has related amount of home practice to improvements in mindfulness, symptoms and wellbeing (Carmody & Baer, 2008;Orzech, Shapiro, Brown & McKay, 2009). Small scale studies have suggested that, among other variables, lack of group support, motivation, and negative views of others may hinder practice (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%