The role of dispositional mindfulness in mitigating the impact of stress and impulsivity on alcohol-related problems

Christopher, Michael; Ramsey, Melissa; Antick, Jennifer R.

doi:10.3109/16066359.2012.737873

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“…These findings are consistent with findings from previous work with college students (Bramm et al, 2013; Christopher et al, 2012) and findings from a recent meta-analysis (Karyadi et al, 2014), but inconsistent with other work that has linked trait mindfulness to other aspects of alcohol use behaviors (Eisenlohr-Moul et al, 2012; Leigh and Neighbors, 2009) and that has failed to find a relationship (Brooks et al, 2012; Garland et al, 2012; Shorey et al, 2014). Importantly, the current study suggests that collapsing across different trait mindfulness facets might explain inconsistencies across these studies (Smith et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 71%

“…In this way, individuals with higher levels of trait mindfulness might be less likely to resort to alcohol use as a way of coping with aversive experiences and less likely to subsequently develop problematic alcohol use. Indeed, trait mindfulness is negatively associated with alcohol use in both college student populations (Bramm et al, 2013; Christopher et al, 2012) and clinical populations (Bowen and Enkema, 2014; Garland et al, 2012). However, this association is inconsistent across studies (Brooks et al, 2012; Eisenlohr-Moul et al, 2012; Shorey et al, 2014), likely due to the varied conceptualizations and measurements of trait mindfulness across studies.…”

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Elucidating the Association Between Trait Mindfulness and Alcohol Use Behaviors Among College Students

Karyadi

Cyders

2015

Mindfulness

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Trait mindfulness has been considered a protective factor against alcohol use behaviors; however, the specific trait mindfulness facets, the specific alcohol use behaviors, and the mechanism underlying this relationship remain unclear. The present study examined the relationship between specific trait mindfulness facets and specific alcohol use behaviors, and how cued alcohol cravings might mediate this relationship. High-risk, young adult, undergraduate social drinkers (n = 240, 75% Caucasian, 70% female, mean age 19.4 years) completed a series of questionnaires and reported their level of alcohol cravings following alcohol pictorial cue exposure. Trait mindfulness was associated with less problematic alcohol use (r = -0.19, p < 0.01), but was not associated with alcohol use quantity (r = -0.07, p = 0.30) and duration (r = -0.08, p = 0.21). Only acting with awareness was associated with all types of alcohol use behaviors—including less problematic alcohol use (β = -0.18, p = 0.02), lower alcohol use quantity (β = -0.16, p = 0.04), and shorter alcohol use duration (β = -0.19, p = 0.02). Cued alcohol cravings mediated the negative associations of overall trait mindfulness (b = -0.50, p < 0.05) and acting with awareness (b = -0.32, p < 0.05) with problematic alcohol use, and the negative associations of acting with awareness with alcohol use quantity (b = -1.24, p < 0.05) and alcohol use duration (b = -0.34, p < 0.05). These findings suggest that the protective effect of trait mindfulness likely operates through reducing cued alcohol cravings and might be most specific to acting with awareness among college students, thus suggesting a differential role of separate trait mindfulness facets in this high risk group.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Elucidating the Association Between Trait Mindfulness and Alcohol Use Behaviors Among College Students

Karyadi

Cyders

2015

Mindfulness

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“…However, the small magnitude of the relationship suggests that the clinical utility and importance of trait mindfulness as a protective factor against substance use behaviors are limited. For instance, the relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors might be better explained by other important factors—such as impulsivity (Christopher et al, 2012; LePera, 2011; Robinson, 2010), attentional biases (Chambers et al, 2008; Cox et al, 2002), or distress tolerance (Linehan et al, 2007). If this were the case, treatments aimed at modifying mindfulness to help protect against substance use behaviors would be misguided.…”

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A meta-analysis of the relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors

Karyadi

VanderVeen

Cyders

2014

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Background The relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors has been inconsistent across studies. The current study is a meta-analysis aimed at quantifying the magnitude of this relationship, and at determining how this relationship varies in context of (1) mindfulness facets, (2) substance type, (3) sample characteristics, and (4) substance use severity. Methods A literature search was conducted using electronic databases. The literature search yielded 303 articles, but only 39 articles met inclusion criteria to be included in this meta-analysis. The relationship was quantified as a Pearson's r correlation coefficient for all studies. Results Findings indicated a small, negative, and significant relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors (r = -0.13). This relationship varied across substance type, clinical status of the sample, and substance use severity. Although not significant, relationship sizes showed different patterns across mindfulness facets. Conclusions This meta-analysis quantified the relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors, which can be used as future effect size estimates. Findings also clarify inconsistency in previous work by indicating that the trait mindfulness-substance use behaviors relationship was more robust: (1) for alcohol use and tobacco use behaviors; (2) for problematic substance use behaviors; and (3) with inpatient clinical samples. Further work should continue to examine if acting with awareness, non-judgment, and non-reactivity mindfulness facets are more robustly associated with substance use behaviors. Failure to consider these factors, or collapsing across these factors, could explain the smaller or inconsistently reported associations across previous studies.

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“…impulsives emotionales Verhalten könnte über eine Erhöhung der Aktivität im präfrontalen Cortex und eine reduzierte Aktivität in der Amygdala "kontrolliert" werden [94][95][96]. Es liegen mittlerweile auch einige spezifische Studien vor, die eine erhöhte dispositionelle Achtsamkeit mit einer verringerten Impulsivität und damit mit einem weniger schädlichen Alkoholkonsum in Verbindung bringen [97,98] bzw. von einer geringer ausgeprägten affektiven Volatilität während einer Entzugsbehandlung berichten [99].…”

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Wirkfaktoren achtsamkeitsbasierter Suchttherapie

Beiglböck

2015

Suchttherapie

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Zusammenfassung Achtsamkeitsbasierte Therapieverfahren haben sich in den letzten Jahren aufgrund durchwegs akzeptabler Effektst?rken als adjuvante Therapie bei Suchterkrankungen etabliert. Die Frage worauf die Wirkung dieses Therapieverfahrens beruht, fand allerdings weniger Beachtung. Dieser Beitrag versucht die bestehende Literatur hinsichtlich dieser Wirkfaktoren kritisch zu beleuchten. Es wird die These vertreten, dass die Verquickung allgemeiner (z.?B. Wirkung auf Stress und Emotionsregulation) und suchtspezifischer Wirkfaktoren (z.?B. Wirkung auf cue-reactivity und Suchtdruck) die suchtspezifische Wirksamkeit achtsamkeitsbasierter Verfahren begr?nden kann. Es sind allerdings noch einige wichtige Fragen wie z.?B. f?r welche Subgruppen welches therapeutisches Setting am effizientesten ist unbeantwortet. Daher werden abschlie?end offene Forschungsfragen formuliert, die die Effizienz der eingesetzten Verfahren verbessern k?nnten.

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The role of dispositional mindfulness in mitigating the impact of stress and impulsivity on alcohol-related problems

Cited by 27 publications

References 34 publications

Elucidating the Association Between Trait Mindfulness and Alcohol Use Behaviors Among College Students

Elucidating the Association Between Trait Mindfulness and Alcohol Use Behaviors Among College Students

A meta-analysis of the relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors

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