An empirical study of the mechanisms of mindfulness in a mindfulness‐based stress reduction program

Carmody, James; Baer, Ruth A.; Lykins, Emily L. B.; Olendzki, Nicholas

doi:10.1002/jclp.20579

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“…It is reasonable to think that improvements in decentering may be specific to psychotherapy. Surprisingly, only few studies have addressed decentering changes, measured with EQ-Decentering, related to mindfulness interventions (Carmody, Baer, Lykins, & Olendzki, 2009, Fresco et al, 2007bTanay, Lotan, & Bernstein, 2012).…”

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Assessing Decentering: Validation, Psychometric Properties, and Clinical Usefulness of the Experiences Questionnaire in a Spanish Sample

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Assessing Decentering: Validation, Psychometric Properties, and Clinical Usefulness of the Experiences Questionnaire in a Spanish Sample

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“…Decentering is believed to facilitate many health-related processes such as self-regulation, psychological flexibility, exposure, and values clarification. Supporting this notion, Carmody et al (2009) showed that the association between mindfulness decentering and a reduction in physiological symptoms is mediated by values clarification and flexibility.…”

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Meditation Practice Is Associated with a Values-Oriented Life: the Mediating Role of Decentering and Mindfulness

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Clarification of personal values and meditation practice has been associated in most meditation traditions and in academic texts. Both values-related behavior and meditation practice increases well-being, but their relationship has not been well studied. It has been suggested that values, together with self-regulation, psychological flexibility, and exposure, are key mechanisms of action in mindfulness. The aims of this study were to explore the association between meditation and values and to examine the processes involved in this relation. A sample of 235 meditation-naïve participants and 274 subjects with varying levels of experience in meditation practice completed an online assessment protocol composed of Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Decentering Questionnaire (EQ), Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ), and Engagement with Life Scale (ELS). Results revealed that daily meditators were more consistent, aware, and life-fulfilled about their values; moreover, these measures correlated with the mindfulness process and decentering. The relation between meditation practice and values-related behavior (assessed by the VLQ) was mediated by decentering. The association between meditation practice and Valued Living and Life Fulfillment (measured by the ELS) was mediated by the decentering, describing, and nonjudging dimensions of mindfulness. The findings in this study support the relation between meditation and personal values, mediated by the decentering, describing, and non-judging facets of mindfulness.

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“…Finally, increasing an individual's self-control ability, thereby reducing the adverse effects of depletion, may be an important treatment target. Data showing that mindfulness-based stress reduction programs can increase self-control (Carmody, Baer, Lykins, & Olendzki, 2009) suggest that interventions that improve self-regulation may be promising. Continued work in this area could test these possibilities to further inform the development of interventions tailored to help both men and women reduce IPA perpetration.…”

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Do self-control depletion and negative emotion contribute to intimate partner aggression? A lab-based study.

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Hoffman³

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Psychology of Violence

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Objective: Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a serious problem among dating couples. The present study examined dyadic and situational processes that may lead to IPA perpetration among a sample of 59 heterosexual couples (total n = 118), within the framework of Finkel’s I3 model. Method: IPA was assessed using an in vivo aggression task, in the context of a weak inhibiting factor (self-control depletion) and a strong impellance factor (negative emotion) generated during in vivo verbal conflict between partners (functioning as an instigating trigger). Results: Actor–partner interdependence model analyses demonstrated that negative emotion (prediscussion and reactivity) positively predicted men’s aggression and the interaction between emotion reactivity and self-control depletion predicted women’s partner aggression. Several partner effects emerged as well. Conclusion: These findings provide support for the I3 model and suggest that during conflictual encounters both partners may recognize and respond to each other’s negative mood and depletion states in ways that escalate aggression. The current study contributes to our understanding of the individual and dyadic processes leading to IPA perpetration.

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An empirical study of the mechanisms of mindfulness in a mindfulness‐based stress reduction program

Cited by 392 publications

References 31 publications

Assessing Decentering: Validation, Psychometric Properties, and Clinical Usefulness of the Experiences Questionnaire in a Spanish Sample

Assessing Decentering: Validation, Psychometric Properties, and Clinical Usefulness of the Experiences Questionnaire in a Spanish Sample

Meditation Practice Is Associated with a Values-Oriented Life: the Mediating Role of Decentering and Mindfulness

Do self-control depletion and negative emotion contribute to intimate partner aggression? A lab-based study.

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