ReviewTranslational psychiatry2021
Decentering as a core component in the psychological treatment and prevention of youth anxiety and depression: a narrative review and insight report.
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- Mindfulness-Based Programmes for Work Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Pooled it
- A Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive Defusion Application for Youth Depression and Anxiety: Mixed Methods Experimental Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Trial
- Reducing fear and avoidance of memory loss improves mood and social engagement in community-based older adults: a randomized trial.BMC geriatrics · 2023Trial
- The impact of emotion regulation strategies on experiential and physiological responses to negative emotional videos.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026Article
- A digitally embedded intervention to enhance psychological decentering and reduce depression severity in at-risk adolescents: a randomised controlled trial of the 'One Step Back' programme.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- A cross-sectional survey on depersonalization/derealization and meditation-induced alterations of the self.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy For Death Acceptance in Terminal Illness: A Scoping Review.Journal of psychedelic studies · 2026Article
- A Meta-Analysis Examining the Efficacy and Predictors of Change in Mindfulness- and Self-Compassion-Based Interventions (MBSCIs) in Reducing Psychological Distress Among University Students.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Review
- Dampening of Positive Affect Serves an Emotional Contrast Avoidance Function: Preliminary Evidence From an Adult Community Sample.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- The role of decentering and self-compassion in self-esteem regulation: how meditation and metacognition shape the use of self-esteem regulation strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Rumination and alexithymia serially mediate the relationship between mindfulness and anxiety symptoms in Chinese university students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Mindfulness in treatment-seeking adults with comorbid obsessive-compulsive and major depressive disorders: Mediating effects of obsessive beliefs and mental well-being.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Investigation of the mental health and cognitive correlates of psychological decentering in adolescence.Cognition & emotion · 2025Article
- Take a step back to see your own value: on the role of metacognition in self-esteem regulation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- From antidepressants and psychotherapy to oxytocin, vagus nerve stimulation, ketamine and psychedelics: how established and novel treatments can improve social functioning in major depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Emotion Regulation Predicts Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: A Prospective Study.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Differential relationship between meditation methods and psychotic-like and mystical experiences.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Psychosocial-spiritual well-being is related to resilience and mindfulness in patients with severe and/or life-limiting medical illness.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
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Abstract
Decentering is a ubiquitous therapeutic concept featuring in multiple schools of psychological intervention and science. It describes an ability to notice to day-to-day psychological stressors (negative thoughts, feelings, and memories) from an objective self-perspective and without perseverating on the themes they represent. Thus, decentering dampens the impact and distress associated with psychological stressors that can otherwise increase mental ill health in vulnerable individuals. Importantly, the strengthening of decentering-related abilities has been flagged as a core component of psychological interventions that treat and prevent anxiety and depression. We provide an in-depth review evidence of the salutary effects of decentering with a special focus on youth mental health. This is because adolescence is a critical window for the development of psychopathology but is often under-represented in this research line. A narrative synthesis is presented that integrates and summarizes findings on a range of decentering-related abilities. Section 1 reviews extant conceptualizations of decentering and data-driven approaches to characterize its characteristic. A novel definition is then offered to guide future empirical research. Section 2 overviews laboratory-based research into the development of decentering as well as its relationship with anxiety and depression. Section 3 examines the role decentering-related skills play in psychological interventions for anxiety and depression. Critically, we review evidence that treatment-related increases in decentering predict latter reductions in anxiety and depression severity. Each section highlights important areas for future research. The report concludes by addressing the vital questions of whether, how, why and when decentering alleviates youth anxiety and depression.
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