ArticleMindfulness2021
Network Analysis of Mindfulness Facets, Affect, Compassion, and Distress.
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- Social media utilization, mindfulness practice, and psychological distress of nonprofit workers in China: mediation effects of positive and negative affect.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Mediation of Self-Compassion on Pathways from Stress and Anxiety to Depression among Portuguese Higher Education Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Network Investigation of Core Mindfulness Processes.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of a Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for University Students.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- The effect of mindfulness on social media addiction among Chinese college students: A serial mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Trait Mindfulness, Compassion, and Stigma Towards Patients with Mental Illness: A Study Among Nurses in Sri Lanka.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- Effects of Mindful Practices on Terror of Mortality: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Mindfulness · 2022Article
- A network approach to the five-facet model of mindfulness.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Compassion protects against vital exhaustion and negative emotionality.Motivation and emotion · 2021Article
- The Role of Mindfulness and Life Satisfaction in Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Lockdown in New Zealand: a Quasi-experimental Study.Mindfulness · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesMindfulness, positive affect, and compassion may protect against psychological distress but there is lack of understanding about the ways in which these factors are linked to mental health. Network analysis is a statistical method used to investigate complex associations among constructs in a single network and is particularly suitable for this purpose. The aim of this study was to explore how mindfulness facets, affect, and compassion were linked to psychological distress using network analysis.
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resultsCompassion was directly related to positive affect, which in turn was strongly and inversely related to depression and positively related to the observing and describing facets of mindfulness. The non-judgment facet of mindfulness was strongly and inversely related to negative affect, anxiety, and depression, while non-reactivity and acting with awareness were inversely associated with stress and anxiety, respectively. Strong associations were found between all distress variables.
conclusionsThe present network analysis highlights the strong link between compassion and positive affect and suggests that observing and describing the world through the lens of compassion may enhance resilience to depression. Taking a non-judging and non-reacting stance toward internal experience while acting with awareness may protect against psychological distress. Applicability of these findings can be examined in experimental studies aiming to prevent distress and enhance psychological well-being.
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