ArticleMindfulness2021
Self-distancing and Avoidance Mediate the Links Between Trait Mindfulness and Responses to Emotional Challenges.
Article in Mindfulness, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Mobile-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Reducing Demoralization in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- The nine hallmarks of mental health and wellbeing as a watershed framework for resilient living and healthspan optimization.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Trait Mindfulness and the Experience of Stuttering.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2025Article
- Profiles of parental coping with paediatric cancer and their associations with parental illness adaptation.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- Perceived chronic social adversity and cyberbullying perpetration among adolescents: the mediating role of rumination and moderating role of mindfulness.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Future of Emotion Regulation Research: Broadening Our Field of View.Affective science · 2023Review
- "Third-wave" cognitive and behavioral therapies and the emergence of a process-based approach to intervention in psychiatry.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2021Article
- Coherence Between Feelings and Heart Rate: Links to Early Adversity and Responses to Stress.Affective science · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesMindfulness has been linked to better emotion regulation and more adaptive responses to stress across a number of studies, but the mechanisms underlying these links remain to be fully understood. The present study examines links between trait mindfulness (Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire; FFMQ) and participants' responses to common emotional challenges, focusing specifically on the roles of reduced avoidance and more self-distanced engagement as key potential mechanisms driving the adaptive benefits of trait mindfulness.
methodsAdults (
resultsAs predicted, individuals who scored higher on the FFMQ experienced less anxiety and persistent worry in response to the social stressors. The FFMQ was also linked to less anxiety and sadness when writing about a difficult moment. The links between mindfulness and negative emotions after the writing task were independently mediated by self-distanced engagement and lower avoidance.
conclusionsAffective benefits of trait mindfulness under stress are associated with both the degree and the nature of emotional engagement. Specifically, reduced avoidance and self-distanced engagement may facilitate reflection on negative experiences that is less affectively aversive.
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