Cognitive Defusion Predicts More Approach and Less Avoidance Coping With Stress, Independent of Threat and Self‐Efficacy Appraisals

Donald, James N.; Atkins, Paul W. B.; Parker, Philip D.; Christie, Alison M.; Guo, Jiesi

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“…These social and psychological characteristics may be considered as the determinants of a person's use of adaptive coping ways under challenging situations and more or less serve as a guarantee for their successful overcoming. Besides, the obtained results are consistent with modern studies of cognitive coping strategies as factors of successful coping with stress [32,33]. Since work experience is correlated with age, it can be assumed that in further studies, the relationship of effective coping with age is also not confirmed.…”

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Creation of Coping-Profiles of Managers for Obtaining Methods of Coping in Socially Significant Situations during Negotiations

Гуриева¹,

Zashchirinskaia²,

Udavikhina³

2019

J. Intellect. Disabl. Diagn. Treat.

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Professional activity of managers, entrepreneurs and other persons who often enter into negotiations implies high density of difficulties and problem situations. This study explored whether social and psychological peculiarities of personality preferred negotiating styles and response to ambiguity may be determinants of productive coping behaviour. The authors surveyed 105 managers of medium and large-sized business aged from 23 to 59. The average age of the respondents is 35.37 years. The study measured an adaptive level of coping strategies by E. Heim's Coping Questionnaire, peculiarities of personality by 5PFQ P. Costa and R. McCrae, preferred negotiating styles and response to ambiguity. Results suggested that adaptive coping strategies more frequently used by less anxious, emotionally healthy managers who in dealing with colleagues and subordinates show respect, willingness to understand and accept the other's point of view, comparative to non-adaptive or relatively adaptive coping strategies using managers with high anxiety, emotional instability and less developed communication skills. It was found the correlation between preferences of the negotiation styles and personality characteristics of respondents. Managers who use adaptive behavioural coping techniques in socially significant and stressful situations are characterized by a higher degree of respect for the people around them (p<0.001), greater emotional relaxation (p<0.001). These social and psychological characteristics may be considered as the determinants of a person's use of adaptive coping ways under challenging situations and more or less serve as a guarantee for their successful overcoming.

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Creation of Coping-Profiles of Managers for Obtaining Methods of Coping in Socially Significant Situations during Negotiations

Гуриева¹,

Zashchirinskaia²,

Udavikhina³

2019

J. Intellect. Disabl. Diagn. Treat.

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“…This process has been described as ‘dereification’ (Condon, ), ‘reperceiving’ (Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, ), and ‘cognitive defusion’ (Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, ). In support of this, there is evidence that cognitive defusion predicts less avoidance behaviour when facing suffering, and a greater likelihood of approach behaviours, such as active coping and positive reinterpretation (Donald, Atkins, Parker, Christie, & Guo, ).…”

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“…Fourth, mindfulness may enhance affect regulation, meaning that the experience of negative emotions, such as personal distress when faced with the suffering of another, is less likely to inhibit compassionate and behaviourally flexible responses to such situations (Condon, 2017;Donald, Atkins, Parker, Christie, & Ryan, 2016), and individuals are more likely to respond with interpersonal warmth and kindness (Fredrickson, Cohn, Coffey, Pek, & Finkel, 2008) and act in values-consistent ways (Donald, Atkins, Parker, Christie, & Guo, 2016). Consistent with this, reductions in emotional interference (assessed as the delay in reaction time after being presented with affective versus neutral pictures) have been shown to follow mindfulness training (Ortner et al, 2007).…”

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Does your mindfulness benefit others? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the link between mindfulness and prosocial behaviour

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Zanden

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British J of Psychology

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Mindfulness-based meditation practices have received substantial scientific attention in recent years. Mindfulness has been shown to bring many psychological benefits to the individual, but much less is known about whether these benefits extend to others. This meta-analysis reviewed the link between mindfulness - as both a personality variable and an intervention - and prosocial behaviour. A literature search produced 31 eligible studies (N = 17,241) and 73 effect sizes. Meta-analyses were conducted using mixed-effects structural equation models to examine pooled effects and potential moderators of these effects. We found a positive pooled effect between mindfulness and prosocial behaviour for both correlational (d = .73 CI 95% [0.51 to 0.96]) and intervention studies (d = .51 CI 95% [0.37 to 0.66]). For the latter, medium-sized effects were obtained across varying meditation types and intensities, and across gender and age categories. Preliminary evidence is presented regarding potential mediators of these effects. Although we found that mindfulness is positively related to prosociality, further research is needed to examine the mediators of this link and the contexts in which it is most pronounced.

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“…This faciltates defusion, or cognitive distancing, rather than only encountering the world as organized through their thoughts. Cognitive fusion and defusion have been found to help account for, among other clinical problems, approach-avoidance coping with stress (Donald, Atkins, Parker, Christie, & Guo, 2017), psychological coping with inflammatory bowel disease (Trindade et al, 2017), suicidal ideation (Roush, Brown, Mitchell, & Cukrowicz, 2017), depression (Bardeen & Fergus, 2016), and body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders (Ferreira, Palmeira, & Trindade, 2014).…”

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Profiles of Psychological Flexibility: A Latent Class Analysis of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Model

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There exists uncertainty for clinicians over how the separate subcomponent processes of psychological flexibility, a core construct of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model, interact and influence distress experienced. The present study ( N = 567) employed latent class analysis to (a) identify potential classes (i.e., subgroups) of psychological flexibility based on responses on measures of key subcomponent process and (b) examine whether such classes could reliably differentiate levels of self-reported psychological distress and positive and negative emotionality. We found three distinct classes: (a) High Psychological Flexibility, (b) Moderate Psychological Flexibility, and (c) Low Psychological Flexibility. Those in the Low Psychology Flexibility class reported highest levels of psychological distress, whereas those in the High Psychological Flexibility class reported lowest levels of psychological distress. This study provides a clearer view to clinicians of the profile of the broader spectrum of the psychological flexibility model to facilitate change in clients.

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Cognitive Defusion Predicts More Approach and Less Avoidance Coping With Stress, Independent of Threat and Self‐Efficacy Appraisals

Abstract: Cognitive defusion may be an important individual-difference predictor of coping behavior, adding to established theories of coping such as Lazarus and Folkman's (1987) transactional theory.

Cited by 20 publications

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Creation of Coping-Profiles of Managers for Obtaining Methods of Coping in Socially Significant Situations during Negotiations

Creation of Coping-Profiles of Managers for Obtaining Methods of Coping in Socially Significant Situations during Negotiations

Does your mindfulness benefit others? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the link between mindfulness and prosocial behaviour

Profiles of Psychological Flexibility: A Latent Class Analysis of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Model

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