ArticleSpirituality in clinical practice (Washington, D.C.)2018
Compassionate Hearts Protect Against Wandering Minds: Self-compassion Moderates the Effect of Mind-Wandering on Depression.
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- Comparison of trait and state mind wandering among schizotypal, subclinically depressed, and control individuals.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Self-compassion and grit mediated the relation between mindfulness and mind wandering based on cross-sectional survey data.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Indicators of emotional distress and mindfulness in undergraduate students: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Investigating the protective effects of mindfulness-based attention training on mind wandering in applied settings.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- "Today I Can Look in the Mirror and Like Myself": Effects of a Trauma-Informed Mindful Recovery Program on Self-Compassion.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Clinical effects of mindfulness-based interventions for adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: a scoping review.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2021Article
- More Purpose in Life and Less Novelty Seeking Predict Improvements in Self-Compassion During a Mindfulness-Based Intervention: The EXMIND Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Self-Compassion and Psychological Health Among Young Adults With a History of Childhood Maltreatment.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Depression is associated with high levels of mind-wandering and low levels of self-compassion. However, little is known about whether and how these two factors interact with one another to influence depressive symptoms. The current study examined the interaction between mind-wandering, self-compassion and depressive symptoms in a depressed sample and tested the effects of an eight-week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program on these constructs. At baseline, mind-wandering was associated with higher depressive symptoms only among individuals with low self-compassion. Self-compassion additionally predicted depressive improvement. As expected, MBCT increased self-compassion and reduced mind-wandering compared to a treatment-as-usual control group. Overall, longitudinal changes in self-compassion produced a moderation effect similar to the one at baseline so that increases in mind-wandering were associated with increases in depressive symptoms only among those who decreased in self-compassion. Results provide the first evidence that self-compassion can protect against the deleterious effects of mind-wandering among depressed participants, both at baseline and longitudinally. Findings also suggest that self-compassion is an effective predictor of depressive improvement. Finally, MBCT is effective not only at reducing depressive symptoms, but also at targeting protective and risk factors associated with depression.
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