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PsychomEtric ProPErtiEs oF thE mExicaN vErsioN oF thE miNdFul attENtioN awarENEss scalE (maas) ProPiEdadEs Psicométricas dE la vErsioN mExicaNa dE la Escala dE atENciÓN PlENa (maas)
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Relationship between Meditative Practice and Self- Reported Mindfulness: The MINDSENS Composite Index
"... Mindfulness has been described as an inherent human capability that can be learned and trained, and its improvement has been associated with better health outcomes in both medicine and psychology. Although the role of practice is central to most mindfulness programs, practice-related improvements in ..."
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Mindfulness has been described as an inherent human capability that can be learned and trained, and its improvement has been associated with better health outcomes in both medicine and psychology. Although the role of practice is central to most mindfulness programs, practice-related improvements in mindfulness skills is not consistently reported and little is known about how the characteristics of meditative practice affect different components of mindfulness. The present study explores the role of practice parameters on self-reported mindfulness skills. A total of 670 voluntary participants with and without previous meditation experience (n = 384 and n = 286, respectively) responded to an internet-based survey on various aspects of their meditative practice (type of meditation, length of session, frequency, and lifetime practice). Participants also completed the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), and the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ). The group with meditation experience obtained significantly higher scores on all facets of FFMQ and EQ questionnaires compared to the group without experience. However different effect sizes were observed, with stronger effects for the
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY 32:254–261 (2015) Research Article A MULTIVARIATE TWIN STUDY OF TRAIT MINDFULNESS, DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, AND ANXIETY SENSITIVITY
"... Background: Mindfulness-based therapies have been shown to be effective in treating depression and reducing cognitive biases. Anxiety sensitivity is one cog-nitive bias that may play a role in the association between mindfulness and depressive symptoms. It refers to an enhanced sensitivity toward sy ..."
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Background: Mindfulness-based therapies have been shown to be effective in treating depression and reducing cognitive biases. Anxiety sensitivity is one cog-nitive bias that may play a role in the association between mindfulness and depressive symptoms. It refers to an enhanced sensitivity toward symptoms of anxiety, with a belief that these are harmful. Currently, little is known about the mechanisms underpinning the association between mindfulness, depression, and anxiety sensitivity. The aim of this study was to examine the role of genetic and environmental factors in trait mindfulness, and its genetic and environmental overlap with depressive symptoms and anxiety sensitivity. Methods:Over 2,100 16-year-old twins from a population-based study rated their mindfulness, de-pressive symptoms, and anxiety sensitivity. Results: Twin modeling analyses revealed that mindfulness is 32 % heritable and 66 % due to nonshared envi-ronmental factors, with no significant influence of shared environment. Genetic influences explained over half of themoderate phenotypic associations between low mindfulness, depressive symptoms, and anxiety sensitivity. About two-thirds of genetic influences and almost all nonshared environmental influences on mind-fulness were independent of depression and anxiety sensitivity. Conclusions: This is the first study to show that both genes and environment play an impor-tant role in the etiology of mindfulness in adolescence. Future research should identify the specific environmental factors that influence trait mindfulness during development to inform targeted treatment and resilience interventions. Shared genetic liability underpinning the co-occurrence of low mindfulness, depression, and anxiety sensitivity suggests that the biological pathways shared between these traits should also be examined. Depression and Anxiety 32:254–261, 2015. C©
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINDFUL INTEROCEPTION SAMPLING TASK (MIST)
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"... Measuring mindful interoception: development of the mindful interoception sampling task (MIST). ..."
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Measuring mindful interoception: development of the mindful interoception sampling task (MIST).
RESEARCH Open Access Validation of the Spanish versions of the long
"... Background: Self-compassion is a key psychological construct for assessing clinical outcomes in mindfulness-based interventions. The aim of this study was to validate the Spanish versions of the long (26 item) and short (12 item) forms of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). Methods: The translated Span ..."
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Background: Self-compassion is a key psychological construct for assessing clinical outcomes in mindfulness-based interventions. The aim of this study was to validate the Spanish versions of the long (26 item) and short (12 item) forms of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). Methods: The translated Spanish versions of both subscales were administered to two independent samples: Sample 1 was comprised of university students (n = 268) who were recruited to validate the long form, and Sample 2 was comprised of Aragon Health Service workers (n = 271) who were recruited to validate the short form. In addition to SCS, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory–Trait (STAI-T), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) were administered. Construct validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability and convergent validity were tested. Results: The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of the long and short forms of the SCS confirmed the original six-factor model in both scales, showing goodness of fit. Cronbach’s α for the 26 item SCS was 0.87 (95 % CI = 0.85-0.90) and ranged between 0.72 and 0.79 for the 6 subscales. Cronbach’s α for the 12-item SCS was 0.85 (95 % CI = 0.81-0.88) and ranged between 0.71 and 0.77 for the 6 subscales. The long (26-item) form of the SCS showed a test-retest coefficient of 0.92 (95 % CI = 0.89–0.94). The Intraclass Correlation (ICC) for the 6 subscales ranged from 0.84 to 0.93.
Mindfulness and Weight Loss: A Systematic Review
"... Objective: Mindfulness training has been incorporated increasingly into weight loss programs to facilitate dietary and physical activity changes. This systematic review of studies using mindfulness-based programs for weight loss evaluated study methodolo-gies with the goal of determining the current ..."
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Objective: Mindfulness training has been incorporated increasingly into weight loss programs to facilitate dietary and physical activity changes. This systematic review of studies using mindfulness-based programs for weight loss evaluated study methodolo-gies with the goal of determining the current evidence in support of mindfulness interventions for weight loss. Methods: Published studies of mindfulness-based interventions for weight loss were identified through systematic review including a comprehensive search of online databases. Studies were reviewed and graded according to methodological strengths and weaknesses. Results: A total of 19 studies, including 13 randomized controlled trials and 6 observational studies, evaluated the effects of mindfulness-based in-terventions on weight among individuals attempting weight loss. Twelve of the studies were published in peer-reviewed journals and seven were unpublished dissertations. Among the eight randomized controlled trials published in peer-reviewed journals, six documented significant weight loss among participants in the mindfulness condition, one reported no significant change, and one failed to report body mass index at program completion. None of the studies documented a relationship between changes in mind-fulness and weight loss. Conclusion: Significant weight loss was documented among participants in mindfulness interventions for 13 of the 19 studies identified for review. However, studies do not clarify the degree to which changes in mindfulness are a mecha-nism responsible for weight loss in mindfulness interventions. Methodological weaknesses and variability across studies limit the strength of the evidence. Further research is needed to document and evaluate the psychological, behavioral, and biological mecha-nisms involved in the relationship between mindfulness and weight loss. Key words: BMI, obesity, weight loss, mindfulness, mindfulness-based intervention. RCT = randomized controlled trial; MBSR = Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
RESEARCH Psychometric properties o a a
"... on use of mindfulness training as a clinical intervention for diverse physical and mental disorders. Mindfulness underlying the effects that mindfulness training has on health are diverse and include increased attention con-Cebolla et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2013, 11:6 ..."
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on use of mindfulness training as a clinical intervention for diverse physical and mental disorders. Mindfulness underlying the effects that mindfulness training has on health are diverse and include increased attention con-Cebolla et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2013, 11:6
