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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Pain-Related Anxiety as a Mediator of the Effects of Mindfulness on Physical and Psychosocial Functioning in Chronic Pain Patients in Korea
"... Abstract: Mindfulness involves reducing potential influences from aversive cognitions, sensations, and emotions on behavior. Mindfulness may influence the experience of pain-related anxiety, and thereby enhance other aspects of physical and psychosocial functioning. Thus, the purpose of this study w ..."
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Abstract: Mindfulness involves reducing potential influences from aversive cognitions, sensations, and emotions on behavior. Mindfulness may influence the experience of pain-related anxiety, and thereby enhance other aspects of physical and psychosocial functioning. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate a potential mediating role of pain-related anxiety between mindfulness and physical and psychosocial functioning in chronic pain patients. This cross-sectional/correlational study used archival data (N = 226) obtained from the larger Korean Pain Study at a university-based pain-management center in Korea. Based on the inclusion criterion for the present study, archival data were analyzed for a final sample of 179 patients with chronic pain. Structural equation analyses showed that both the partial- and full-mediation models had adequate goodness-of-fit indices for physical and psychosocial functioning. Subsequent chi-square tests, however, indicated that the more parsimonious full-mediation model was preferred to the partial-mediation model for physical and psychosocial functioning. Bootstrapping procedures yielded significant mediation effects of pain-related anxiety in the full-mediation models on physical and psychosocial functioning. These findings suggest that being mindful may lead indirectly to a decrease in the disabling influences of pain-related anxiety, thereby contributing to better physical and psychosocial functioning, rather
ORIGINAL PAPER The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Adolescents (MAAS-A): Psychometric Properties in a Dutch Sample
, 2011
"... # The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract The factor structure and psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Adolescents (MAAS-A) was studied in a sample of adolescents (n=717; age range, 11–17 years) ..."
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# The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract The factor structure and psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Adolescents (MAAS-A) was studied in a sample of adolescents (n=717; age range, 11–17 years) of the general population. The MAAS-A and other questionnaires measuring other constructs were administered in high schools across the Netherlands. A one-factor structure was demonstrated using principal component analysis and was further confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. The MAAS-A was shown to have high internal consistency. Expected negative correlations between mindfulness and self-reported stress and emotion regulation strategies such as rumination and catastrophizing were found. Further, mindfulness was positively correlated with happiness, healthy self-regulation, and with another recently developed measure of mindfulness in children and adolescents, the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure. Mindfulness as measured by the MAAS-A correlated positively with quality of life, but an expected positive relationship with acceptance was not found. Interestingly, adolescents without meditation experience scored higher on the MAAS-A than adolescents without this experience. Further, adolescents with chronic disorders scored lower on the MAAS-A than adolescents without these disorders. Overall, this study has shown evidence of the first valid and reliable Dutch measure of mindfulness for adolescents. The factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent and divergent E. I. de Bruin (*) : B. J. H. Zijlstra: E. van de Weijer-Bergsma:
MINDFULLY IN LOVE: A META-ANALYSIS 2
"... Mindfulness is an individual practice, where one has a heightened awareness of the present moment. An extensive research literature finds links between trait mindfulness and individual level physical and mental health benefits. A limited, but growing amount of research focuses on the association bet ..."
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Mindfulness is an individual practice, where one has a heightened awareness of the present moment. An extensive research literature finds links between trait mindfulness and individual level physical and mental health benefits. A limited, but growing amount of research focuses on the association between mindfulness and romantic relationship satisfaction. Though there have been comprehensive reviews, no study has statistically tested the magnitude of the association between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction. Better understanding the value of this practice for relationships can serve to inform community educators and practitioners focused on promoting healthy family relationships. This study used a meta-analytic technique focused on 12 effect sizes, from 10 different studies, and found that the relationship between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction was statistically significant with an overall effect size of.27. This finding suggests that higher levels of mindfulness are associated with higher levels of relationship satisfaction and therefore, educators can reasonably consider level of mindfulness as an education target.
A Brief Mindfulness and Yoga Intervention With an Entire NCAA Division I Athletic Team: An Initial Investigation
"... Whereas traditional sports psychology interventions emphasize controlling or reducing distress, mindfulness-based interventions teach tolerance and acceptance of negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In the present pilot study, an entire men’s Division I athletic team (n 13) provided voluntary ..."
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Whereas traditional sports psychology interventions emphasize controlling or reducing distress, mindfulness-based interventions teach tolerance and acceptance of negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In the present pilot study, an entire men’s Division I athletic team (n 13) provided voluntary consent and participated in a brief mindful-ness-based intervention. Over 5 weeks, the team attended eight 90-min group inter-vention sessions immediately followed by 1-hr Hatha yoga sessions. Completer anal-yses showed that following the intervention, participants reported greater mindfulness, greater goal-directed energy, and less perceived stress than before the intervention. Compared with a nonrandomized control group (student athletes from various club sports; n 13), intervention participants reported greater goal-directed energy and mindfulness. We also explored written feedback from players to identify ways to improve the intervention. Implications for practitioners for improving mindfulness-based interventions are discussed.
www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article Mindfulness, Physical Activity and Avoidance of Secondhand Smoke: A Study of College Students in Shanghai
"... Abstract: Introduction: To better understand the documented link between mindfulness and longevity, we examine the association between mindfulness and conscious avoidance of secondhand smoke (SHS), as well as the association between mindfulness and physical activity. Method: In Shanghai University o ..."
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Abstract: Introduction: To better understand the documented link between mindfulness and longevity, we examine the association between mindfulness and conscious avoidance of secondhand smoke (SHS), as well as the association between mindfulness and physical activity. Method: In Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) we surveyed a convenience sample of 1516 college freshmen. We measured mindfulness, weekly physical
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"... The use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy ife for inflammatory depression, disease activity and mindful awareness. The process evaluation will use a survey and focus groups to assess ..."
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The use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy ife for inflammatory depression, disease activity and mindful awareness. The process evaluation will use a survey and focus groups to assess
RESEARCH Open Access Mindfulness-based cogniti
, 2013
"... significant improvement of scores in the MBCT group when compared to the control for depression, trait anxiety and f MBCT for ositional uality of life. tive colitis, ..."
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significant improvement of scores in the MBCT group when compared to the control for depression, trait anxiety and f MBCT for ositional uality of life. tive colitis,
Awareness Scale (MAAS). Three questionnaires, the MAAS, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
, 2011
"... Abstract The present study examined the reliability and validity of a Chinese translation of the Mindful Attention ..."
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Abstract The present study examined the reliability and validity of a Chinese translation of the Mindful Attention
