Mindfulness, Self-compassion, Self-efficacy, and Gender as Predictors of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Well-being

Soysa, Champika K.; Wilcomb, Carolyn J.

doi:10.1007/s12671-013-0247-1

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“…Results reported in the current study are consistent with previously reported relationships of mindfulness to resilience, and stress (Soysa, & Wilcomb, 2015;Thompson et al, 2011;Weinstein et al, 2009). We also found that self-esteem was positively associated with resilience and negatively associated with stress.…”

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confidence: 93%

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience

Bajaj¹

2017

Int J Emerg Ment Health

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience

Bajaj¹

2017

Int J Emerg Ment Health

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“…Further, young adults with a lack of mindfulness skills may be particularly susceptible to depressive and anxiety symptoms. In an undergraduate sample, Soysa and Wilcomb (2015) found that lower levels of acting with mindful awareness and lower levels of nonjudgment of experience predicted depression and stress, while lower levels of mindful nonjudgment also predicted anxiety. Rumination (Aldao et al, 2010), as well as negative judgment of thoughts, internal sensations, and self (Johnson et al, 1992; McNally, 1990; Rimes and Watkins, 2005) have long been characteristic of internalizing disorders—areas for which increased skills in mindful awareness and nonjudgment could be particularly useful.…”

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confidence: 92%

Effects of traumatic experiences on obsessive-compulsive and internalizing symptoms: The role of avoidance and mindfulness

Kroska

Miller

Roche

et al. 2018

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background Trauma exposure is associated with adverse psychological outcomes including anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms. Adolescence is increasingly recognized as a period of vulnerability for the onset of these types of psychological symptoms. The current study explored the mediating roles of experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes in the association between retrospective reports of childhood trauma and current internalizing and OC symptoms in adolescents. Method A group of at-risk adolescents (N =51) and a group of college students (N =400) reported on childhood trauma, experiential avoidance, mindfulness, anxiety, depressive, and OC symptoms. Mediation analyses were performed to examine the mechanistic roles of avoidance and mindfulness in the association between trauma and internalizing and OC-specific symptoms. Results In the group of at-risk adolescents, experiential avoidance and mindfulness both significantly mediated the association between childhood trauma and OC symptoms. In the college student sample, experiential avoidance mediated the association between trauma and OC symptoms. Experiential avoidance, as well as the observe, act with awareness, and nonjudgmental facets of mindfulness all significantly mediated the association between trauma and internalizing symptoms. Limitations The group of at-risk adolescents was small, and the college student group was demographically homogeneous. All data was self-report and cross-sectional. Conclusion The current study demonstrated that experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes may be the mechanisms through which the association between trauma and obsessive-compulsive and trauma and internalizing symptoms exist in adolescents. These findings provide potential targets for clinical intervention to improve outcomes for adolescents who have experienced trauma.

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“…Theoretically, it has been proposed that mindfulness helps to alleviate stress through enhancing self-regulation of thoughts, attention and emotion (e.g., Hôlzel et al, 2011). Moreover, although the crosssectional nature of the study cannot infer the temporal direction of effects, arguing the opposite direction of effects whereby current or recent stress would affect dispositional mindfulness (a trait variable) would hold less empirical (e.g., Soysa & Wilcomb, 2015), theoretical (e.g., Bishop et al, 2004;Hôlzel et al, 2011) and practical grounding. Future research should adopt experimental, longitudinal or intervention based designs to help further establish the direction of these relationships and determine the unique role that each facet of mindfulness has on stress and its mediators.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Dispositional mindfulness has been associated with reduced stress in university students (e.g., Palmer & Rodger, 2009;Soysa & Wilcomb, 2015;Weinstein et al, 2009;Zimmaro et al, 2016). Particularly, the five facets of dispositional mindfulness have shown to play discrete roles on stress and psychological well-being (e.g., Baer et al, 2008;Bergin & Pakenham, 2016;Zimmaro et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Life Stress in Student-Athletes: The Mediating Role of Coping Effectiveness and Decision Rumination

Kaiseler

Poolton

Backhouse

et al. 2017

The Sport Psychologist

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The role of dispositional mindfulness on stress in student-athletes and factors that mediate this relationship has yet to be examined. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the facets of mindfulness and life stress in studentathletes and whether these relationships are mediated through coping effectiveness and decision rumination. Participants were 202 student-athletes who completed validated measures of dispositional mindfulness, student-athlete life stress, decision rumination and coping effectiveness in sport. Results indicated that the acting with awareness and nonjudging facets of mindfulness were negative predictors of life stress, whereas the observe facet was a positive predictor of life stress. Mediation analyses revealed that these relationships were mediated through coping effectiveness and decision rumination. Findings provide new insight into the role dispositional mindfulness plays on student-athlete perceptions of life stress and implications for practitioners are discussed.

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Mindfulness, Self-compassion, Self-efficacy, and Gender as Predictors of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Well-being

Cited by 211 publications

References 40 publications

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience

Effects of traumatic experiences on obsessive-compulsive and internalizing symptoms: The role of avoidance and mindfulness

The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Life Stress in Student-Athletes: The Mediating Role of Coping Effectiveness and Decision Rumination

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