Mindful emotion regulation: An integrative review

Chambers, Richard; Gullone, Eleonora; Allen, Nicholas B.

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2009.06.005

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“…Mindfulness, although its definition varies across investigations (Hayes & Wilson, 2003), can be viewed as an adaptive regulation pattern of enhanced attention to, and nonjudgmental awareness of, present moment experiences (Brown & Ryan, 2003;Chambers, Gullone, & Allen, 2009;Masuda & Tully, 2012). Recently the teaching and practice of mindfulness has been actively incorporated into psychotherapy (Baer, 2006;Hayes, Villatte, Levin, & Hildebrandt, 2011) due to its salutary effects found across a range of clinical contexts (Brown, Ryan, & Creswell, 2007).…”

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Relations Among Self-concealment, Mindfulness, and Internalizing Problems

2013

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Self-concealment and mindfulness can be viewed as two fairly stable emotion/behavior regulation tendencies, which are often linked to a range of internalizing problems. The current study examined whether low levels of mindfulness and higher levels of self-concealment predict higher levels of depression, anxiety, and somatization for both men and women. An ethnically diverse sample of college undergraduate females (n = 738) and males (n = 249) completed a web-based survey that included the self-report measures of interest. Path analysis models were evaluated separately for male participants and female participants. The findings from these models revealed that low levels of mindfulness predict higher levels of depression, anxiety, and somatization above the effects of self-concealment, age, and ethnicity for both men and women.Low levels of self-concealment predicted higher levels of depression and anxiety above the effects of mindfulness, age, and ethnicity for both men and women, and low levels of selfconcealment predicted higher levels of somatization for women. Contrary to predictions, selfconcealment did not predict somatization in men above the effects of mindfulness, age, and ethnicity. These findings suggest that mindfulness and self-concealment are distinct predictors useful for understanding the correlates of internalizing problems.

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Relations Among Self-concealment, Mindfulness, and Internalizing Problems

2013

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“…Nonetheless, we expect our findings would inform future development of MBTs in the treatment of eating disorders given existing evidence of their potential to improve eating specific symptoms and general psychological functioning, regardless of diagnosis (Godsey, 2013;Katterman et al, 2014;Kristeller & Epel, 2014;Merwin et al, 2011). The theoretical rationale for using MBTs to treat eating disorders hinges on the proposition that cultivation of mindful awareness of internal experiences (e.g, emotions, physical sensations) facilitates self-acceptance, cognitive flexibility, compassion for self and others, and generally improves ability to respond adaptively to disturbing emotions and establish more broadly effective emotion regulation skills (Katterman, 2014); skills that are viewed as a central feature in recent conceptualisations of eating disorders (Chambers et al, 2009;Haynos & Fruzzetti, 2011;Lavender & Anderson, 2010;Merwin, 2011). Our evidence points to the importance of cultivating awareness of internal experiences or more specifically interoceptive abilities.…”

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“…Considerable attention has been directed towards emotion regulation as a mediator of the putative benefits of mindfulness based therapies (MBTs) (Chambers, Gullone, & Allen, 2009;Chiesa, Anselmi, & Serretti, 2014;Chiesa, Serretti, & Jakobsen, 2013) whereby MBTs may affect symptom outcome by promoting more effective emotion regulation and greater flexibility responding to mental and external events (Brown, Ryan, & Creswell, 2007;Moore & Malinowski, 2009;Roemer, Williston, & Rollins, 2015). Evidence is accumulating regarding the specific nature of emotion regulation difficulties in eating disorders (Brockmeyer et al, 2014;Butryn et al, 2013;Garner, 2004;Haynos & Fruzzetti, 2011;Lavender et al, 2014;Merwin, 2011;Racine & Wildes, 2013) and the potential therapeutic benefits of MBTs for eating related disorders has received increased empirical support (DeSole, 2013;Godsey, 2013;Katterman, Kleinman, Hood, Nackers, & Corsica, 2014;Kristeller & Epel, 2014;O'Reilly, Cook, Spruijt-Metz, & Black, 2014;Wanden-Berghe, Sanz-Valero, & Wanden-Berghe, 2011).…”

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‘I can’t accept that feeling’: Relationships between interoceptive awareness, mindfulness and eating disorder symptoms in females with, and at-risk of an eating disorder

Lattimore

Mead

Irwin

et al. 2017

Psychiatry Research

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Mindfulness based therapies (MBTs) for eating disorders show potential benefit for outcomes yet evidence is scarce regarding the mechanisms by which they influence remission from symptoms. One way that mindfulness approaches create positive outcomes is through enhancement of emotion regulation skills. Maladaptive emotion regulation is a key psychological feature of all eating disorders. The aim of the current study was to identify facets of emotion regulation involved in the relationship between mindfulness and maladaptive eating behaviours. In three cross-sectional studies, clinical (n=39) and nonclinical (n=137 & 119) female participants completed: 1) the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) eating specific scales (drive-for-thinness and bulimia) and the EDI psychological symptom scales (emotion dysregulation and interoceptive deficits); and 2) mindfulness, impulsivity, and emotion regulation questionnaires. In all samples mindfulness was significantly and inversely associated with EDI eating and psychological symptom scales, and impulsivity. In non-clinical samples interoceptive deficits mediated the relationship between mindfulness and EDI eating specific scales. Non-acceptance of emotional experience, a facet of interoceptive awareness, mediated the relationship between mindfulness and eating specific EDI scores. Further investigations could verify relationships identified so that mindfulness based approaches can be optimised to enhance emotion regulation skills in sufferers, and those at-risk, of eating disorders.

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“…Specifically, Bishop et al suggest that the main components of mindfulness are (1) the regulation of attention, and (2) a specific nonjudgmental orientation toward one's present-moment experiences that includes learning to see one's thoughts and feelings as "passing events in the mind" (p. 234). This component of mindfulness is also referred to as "decentering," "reperceiving," and cognitive insight (Bishop et al, 2004;Chambers, Gullone, & Allen, 2009;Shapiro et al, 2006), and, as we will show below, is of special relevance to dealing with attractive cues and the reward simulations they can trigger.…”

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The benefits of simply observing: Mindful attention modulates the link between motivation and behavior.

Papies¹,

Pronk²,

Keesman³

et al. 2015

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Mindful attention, a central component of mindfulness meditation, can be conceived as becoming aware of one's thoughts and experiences, and being able to observe them as transient mental events. Here, we present a series of studies demonstrating the effects of applying this meta-cognitive perspective to one's spontaneous reward responses when encountering attractive stimuli. Taking a grounded cognition perspective, we argue that reward simulations in response to attractive stimuli contribute to appetitive behavior, and that motivational states and traits enhance these simulations. Directing mindful attention at these

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Mindful emotion regulation: An integrative review

Cited by 1,016 publications

References 142 publications

Relations Among Self-concealment, Mindfulness, and Internalizing Problems

Relations Among Self-concealment, Mindfulness, and Internalizing Problems

‘I can’t accept that feeling’: Relationships between interoceptive awareness, mindfulness and eating disorder symptoms in females with, and at-risk of an eating disorder

The benefits of simply observing: Mindful attention modulates the link between motivation and behavior.

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