Mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion regulation: perspectives from Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT)

Lindsay, Emily K.; Creswell, J. David

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.004

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“…Meta-awareness appears to play a central role in these improvements. Training in meta-awareness decreases stress and improves positive affect ( 17 ). When meta-awareness training is paired with an attitude of acceptance, more pronounced effects, including reduced biomarkers of stress reactivity, can be observed ( 17 ).…”

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“…Training in meta-awareness decreases stress and improves positive affect ( 17 ). When meta-awareness training is paired with an attitude of acceptance, more pronounced effects, including reduced biomarkers of stress reactivity, can be observed ( 17 ). Similarly, meta-awareness of anxiety-related symptoms has been found to mediate therapeutic improvement in both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) ( 48 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Over the past few decades, research on psychological well-being has yielded great insights by studying the factors that constitute optimal levels of human flourishing and their relationship to physical health, work performance, social relationships, and a range of other outcomes ( 4 , 5 ). Related areas of research have studied interventions that improve well-being through the use of various forms of self-regulation ( 6 ), including psychotherapy ( 7 , 8 ), positive psychology interventions ( 9 , 10 ), and contemplative practices like meditation ( 11 – 17 ). However, despite tremendous advances in well-being research, these fields lack a unifying framework that clarifies dimensions of well-being that exhibit training-induced plasticity and the psychological and biological mechanisms through which training-induced changes may endure.…”

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The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing

Dahl

Wilson-Mendenhall

Davidson

2020

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Research indicates that core dimensions of psychological well-being can be cultivated through intentional mental training. Despite growing research in this area and an increasing number of interventions designed to improve psychological well-being, the field lacks a unifying framework that clarifies the dimensions of human flourishing that can be cultivated. Here, we integrate evidence from well-being research, cognitive and affective neuroscience, and clinical psychology to highlight four core dimensions of well-being—awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. We discuss the importance of each dimension for psychological well-being, identify mechanisms that underlie their cultivation, and present evidence of their neural and psychological plasticity. This synthesis highlights key insights, as well as important gaps, in the scientific understanding of well-being and how it may be cultivated, thus highlighting future research directions.

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The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing

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Wilson-Mendenhall

Davidson

2020

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“…Acceptance can be defined as an objective, non-reactive lens through which momentary experience is viewed. Regardless of the content of the sensory experience, the individual is encouraged to adopt a mental attitude of acceptance, and allow all experiences -even difficult or stressful onesto arise and pass without further elaboration, evaluation, or reactivity (Lindsay & Creswell, 2018).…”

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Towards a refined mindfulness model related to consciousness and based on ERP

Verdonk¹,

Trousselard²,

CANINI³

et al. 2020

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Neuroimaging, behavioral and self-report evidence suggests that there are four main cognitive mechanisms that support mindfulness: 1) self-regulation of attention, 2) improved body awareness, 3) improved emotion regulation, and 4) change in perspective on the self. The current paper discusses these mechanisms, based on studies of Event Related Potential (ERP). We review the ERP literature related to mindfulness and examine a dataset of 29 articles. Our findings show that the neural features of mindfulness are consistently associated with the self-regulation of attention and, in most cases, reduced reactivity to emotional stimuli and improved cognitive control. On the other hand, there appear to be no studies of body awareness. We link these electrophysiological findings to models of consciousness, and introduce a unified, mechanistic mindfulness model. The main idea in this refined model is that mindfulness decreases the threshold of conscious access. We end with several working hypotheses that could direct future mindfulness research, and clarify our results.

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“…Acceptance can be defined as an objective, nonreactive lens through which momentary experience is viewed. Regardless of the content of the sensory experience, the individual is encouraged to adopt a mental attitude of acceptance and allow all experiences—even diffcult or stressful ones—to arise and pass without further elaboration, evaluation, or reactivity (Lindsay & Creswell, 2018).…”

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Toward a Refined Mindfulness Model Related to Consciousness and Based on Event-Related Potentials

Verdonk

Trousselard

Canini

et al. 2020

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Neuroimaging, behavioral, and self-report evidence suggests that there are four main cognitive mechanisms that support mindfulness: (a) self-regulation of attention, (b) improved body awareness, (c) improved emotion regulation, and (d) change in perspective on the self. In this article, we discuss these mechanisms on the basis of the event-related potential (ERP). We reviewed the ERP literature related to mindfulness and examined a data set of 29 articles. Our findings show that the neural features of mindfulness are consistently associated with the self-regulation of attention and, in most cases, reduced reactivity to emotional stimuli and improved cognitive control. On the other hand, there appear to be no studies of body awareness. We link these electrophysiological findings to models of consciousness and introduce a unified, mechanistic mindfulness model. The main idea in this refined model is that mindfulness decreases the threshold of conscious access. We end with several working hypotheses that could direct future mindfulness research and clarify our results.

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Mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion regulation: perspectives from Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT)

Cited by 122 publications

References 59 publications

The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing

The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing

Towards a refined mindfulness model related to consciousness and based on ERP

Toward a Refined Mindfulness Model Related to Consciousness and Based on Event-Related Potentials

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