Mechanisms of Mindfulness: the Mediating Roles of Adaptive and Maladaptive Cognitive Factors

Maltais, Marilyne; Bouchard, Geneviève; Saint‐Aubin, Jean

doi:10.1007/s12144-017-9665-x

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“…In general, our results partly supported the information process model of mindfulness [ 4 ], suggesting that mindful individuals could notice their automatic response patterns like the internal working models of attachment, and then make a pause to choose what to do consciously, which lead to more adaptive behavior and thus facilitate resilience. Indeed, previous studies found that mindfulness is associated with adaptive affective response [ 49 ], adaptive factors [ 50 ] and adaptive development [ 51 ], and attachment is likely to be the mediator between the relationship of mindfulness and positive psychological outcomes [ 32 , 33 ]. The findings of the present study suggest that during the intervention, it is effective for college students to practice mindfulness to facilitate resilience.…”

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The role of mindfulness and attachment security in facilitating resilience

Yang

Oka

2022

BMC Psychol

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Background In recent years, there has been growing interest in exploring ways to facilitate positive psychological dispositions, including resilience. The goal of the present study was to explore the possibility that trait mindfulness facilitates attachment security and thus enhances resilience. Methods We conducted two studies based on cross-sectional surveys. In Study 1, data of 207 students studying in Japan was collected. In Study 2, we used a different sample of 203 participants and different measurements to replicate the findings of Study 1. Results The results of Study 1 revealed that mindfulness positively predicted resilience, while attachment anxiety and avoidance were mediators between mindfulness and resilience. The results of Study 2 showed that mindfulness positively predicted resilience, and the mediating effect of attachment avoidance was significant, but the mediating effect of attachment anxiety was not significant. Conclusions It is possible to facilitate attachment security through cultivating trait mindfulness, and in this way, resilience could be enhanced. The effect of different components of mindfulness on attachment and resilience requires further studies.

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The role of mindfulness and attachment security in facilitating resilience

Yang

Oka

2022

BMC Psychol

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“…Studies were included on the following basis: (1) human participants in study, (2) type of intervention, (3) subjects in the study, (4) control groups inclusions, (5) baseline of systolic and diastolic values, (6) patients with prehypertension or hypertension, (7) mindfulness therapy and relaxation therapy as interventions, (8) studies published in English studies, and (9) statistics.…”

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“…Mindfulness is the self-regulation of attentiveness to the conscious awareness of experiences in present moment with an attitude of acceptance, curiosity, and openness [6]. Mindfulness training is aimed at strengthening of individuals' intrinsic ability to be conscious of what is happening inside and outside with curious and nonjudgmental viewpoint [7].…”

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Influence of Mindfulness and Relaxation on Treatment of Essential Hypertension: Meta-Analysis

Zhang

Jiang

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Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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Background. Some studies published previously have shown a strong correlation between hypertension and psychological nature including impulsion emotion or mindfulness and relaxation temperament, among which mindfulness and relaxation temperament might have a benign influence on blood pressure, ameliorating the hypertension. However, the conclusion was not confirmed. Objective. The meta-analysis was performed to investigate the influence of mindfulness and relaxation on essential hypertension interventions and confirm the effects. Methods. Systematic searches were conducted in common English and Chinese electronic databases (i.e., PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database) from 1980 to 2020. A meta-analysis including 5 studies was performed using Rev Man 5.4.1 software to estimate the influence of mindfulness and relaxation on blood pressure, ameliorating the hypertension. Publication bias and heterogeneity of samples were tested using a funnel plot. Studies were analyzed using either a random-effect model or a fixed-effect model. Results. All the 5 studies investigated the influence of mindfulness and relaxation on diastolic and systolic blood pressure, with total 205 participants in the control group and 204 in the intervention group. The random-effects model (REM) was used to calculate the pooled effect for mindfulness and relaxation on diastolic blood pressure (I2 = 0%, t2 = 0.000, P = 0.41 ). The random pooled effect size (MD) was 0.30 (95% CI = −0.81–1.42, P = 0.59 ). REM was used to calculate the pooled effect for mindfulness and relaxation on systolic blood pressure (I2 = 49%, t2 = 3.05, P = 0.10 ). The random pooled effect size (MD) was −1.05 (95% CI = −3.29–1.18, P = 0.36 ). The results of this meta-analysis were influenced by publication bias to some degree. Conclusion. All the results showed less influence of mindfulness and relaxation might act on diastolic or systolic blood pressure, when mindfulness and relaxation are used to intervene in treating CVD and hypertension.

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“…We argue that employees will appraise the experience of procrastination during regular working hours as a goal failure and thus activate maladaptive cognitions such as rumination, which is characterized as a typical maladaptive cognitive processing style (Maltais et al, 2019; Massa et al, 2019; Nolen‐Hoeksema et al, 2008). Specifically, when engaging in daily procrastination, employees delay important job tasks that are prerequisites for attaining goals (Choi & Moran, 2009; Chu & Choi, 2005; Wessel et al, 2019).…”

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Procrastinate at work, sleep badly at night: How job autonomy matters

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Despite the well‐documented deleterious effects of poor sleep quality on procrastination, limited efforts have been devoted to examining whether procrastination can hurt sleep quality. To address this theoretical gap, this study aims to reveal how and when individuals' procrastination at work influences their subsequent sleep quality. Building upon cognitive appraisal theory, the current research employs experience‐sampling methodology to investigate mediators of rumination (as a cognitive pathway) and negative affect (as an affective pathway), explaining within‐person fluctuations in sleep quality resulting from daily procrastination. Furthermore, job autonomy is proposed to be a cross‐level moderator in the relationship between daily procrastination and rumination/negative affect. The results of 2026 daily data records from 213 employees across 10 consecutive workdays supported the mediation effect of rumination and moderation effects of job autonomy but did not support the mediation effect of negative affect. Specifically, daily procrastination was negatively related to subsequent sleep quality through the cognitive pathway of rumination. Our results also reveal that the positive relationships between daily procrastination and rumination/negative affect were stronger for employees with higher levels of job autonomy. Finally, we discuss the implications and limitations of this paper as well as future directions.

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Mechanisms of Mindfulness: the Mediating Roles of Adaptive and Maladaptive Cognitive Factors

Cited by 10 publications

References 29 publications

The role of mindfulness and attachment security in facilitating resilience

The role of mindfulness and attachment security in facilitating resilience

Influence of Mindfulness and Relaxation on Treatment of Essential Hypertension: Meta-Analysis

Procrastinate at work, sleep badly at night: How job autonomy matters

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