ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2019
Mindfulness, acceptance, and emotion regulation: perspectives from Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT).
Review in Current opinion in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05083091 (Smartphone Stress Management Training for Irritable Bowel Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Smartphone Stress Management Training for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cultural background and pandemic context as moderators of the association between expressive suppression and sleep quality in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta‑analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Does mindfulness mediate the relationship between anxiety and second language performance? A meta-analytic structural equation modeling study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Strategies and goals in Emotion Regulation models: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Reported Adverse Experiences in Digital Meditation Training: 2 Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mental health · 2026Trial
- Acceptance or distraction first while suffering acute pain? Order effects on visual attention to external painful stimuli.Psychological research · 2026Trial
- Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention versus a social contact control in alleviating loneliness among older adults: a randomised controlled trial.BMJ mental health · 2026Trial
- Examining interrelations among trajectories of mindful awareness, acceptance, and values-consistent actions in acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2025Trial
- Using Mindfulness to Manage Moral Injury in Veterans: Feasibility and Satisfaction of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Mindfulness to enhance quality of life and support advance care planning: a pilot randomized controlled trial for adults with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.BMC palliative care · 2024Trial
- Testing the Efficacy of a Brief, Self-Guided Mindfulness Ecological Momentary Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Self-Compassion in Social Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness Evaluation of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy Combined with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for People with Post-Stroke Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Mindfulness as an Adjunct to Behavior Modification for Elementary-aged Children with ADHD.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Trial
- App-based mindfulness meditation reduces perceived stress and improves self-regulation in working university students: A randomised controlled trial.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2022Trial
- Attachment insecurity moderates emotion responses to mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation in adults raised in low socioeconomic status households.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Trial
- The impact of a brief mindfulness training on interoception: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Eight-Week Mindfulness Training Effectively Improves Performance in Children with ADHD: A Comparison with Cognitive-Behavioral Training.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Gender Differences in Negative Life Events, Present-Moment Awareness, Problem-Solving, and Perceived Stress Among Rural Adolescents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Exploring within and between associations of momentary mindfulness and emotion regulation and the moderating effects of mental health among adolescents.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Childhood unpredictability, expressive suppression, and mindfulness as predictors of bystanders' outsider behaviors in cyberbullying among Chinese undergraduates: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Experiential acceptance-an orientation of receptivity and noninterference with present-moment experiences-is described as central to mindfulness interventions, yet little experimental work has tested acceptance as a mechanism for mindfulness intervention effects. Guided by Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT), this review situates acceptance as an emotion regulation mechanism and reviews self-report mindfulness literature showing that attention monitoring skills are only associated with beneficial mental and physical health outcomes when accompanied by acceptance skills. New experimental dismantling work shows that removing acceptance training from mindfulness interventions reduces their efficacy for improving stress, positive emotion, and social relationship outcomes. Overall, converging evidence demonstrates that acceptance is a critical emotion regulation mechanism of mindfulness interventions. This work advances basic research, has translational value, and offers opportunities for future research.
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