Treating chronic worry: Psychological and physiological effects of a training programme based on mindfulness

Delgado, Luisa E.; Guerra, Pedro; Perakakis, Pandelis; Vera, María Nieves; Paso, Gustavo A. Reyes del; Vila, Jaime

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2010.05.012

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“…A high level of mindfulness suggests good emotional regulation ability (Vujanovic, Bonn-Miller, Bernstein, McKee, & Zvolensky, 2010). Mindfulness is also found to promote both emotional and physiological regulatory mechanisms that reduce chronic worry (Delgado et al, 2010). A positive relationship between the scores in the TMMS and the new Ch-CAMS-R was therefore expected.…”

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Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Chan

Lin

et al. 2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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C onsidering the strengths and weaknesses of currently available inventories measuring mindfulness for Chinese population, a need for a short and comprehensive inventory was identified. The present study therefore developed a written Chinese version of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale -Revised (CAMS-R) that excels in its full range of conceptual coverage, employs widely accessible language, and is brief in length. The reliability and validity of the Ch-CAMS-R was examined and found to be compatible with the original version and with other inventories measuring mindfulness. Results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) suggested allocation of two question items, without posing a threat to the four-factor (including attention, awareness, present-focus and acceptance) structure in both the CAMS-R and Ch-CAMS-R. In general, the present study supports that this four-factor structure is compatible with the conceptualidation of mindfulness in both United States and Hong Kong samples.Keywords: mindfulness, attention, awareness, acceptance, present-focus Mindfulness (Pali: sati; Sanskrit: smriti) is an elusive, yet central, idea in the 2,500-year-old tradition of Buddhist investigation and conceptualisation of mental process and functioning (Siegel, Germer, & Olendzki, 2009). Literally translatable from the original Pali as 'memory' or 'to remember' , mindfulness can generally be regarded as an observer's ability to become aware of, attend to, and remember phenomena in the internal and external milieux (Siegel et al., 2009;Travis & Pearson, 2000). A critical element of mindfulness is its potentiation of non-judgmental yet fully engaged awareness of positive, negative, or neutral aspects of ongoing subjective experience. In the same vein, mindfulness is written as in Chinese, Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja. The ideograph can be decomposed into an upper component, , denoting the 'present moment' , and a lower component, , denoting an amalgam of 'mind' , 'hear' and 'attention' . The ideographic decomposition echoes the emphasis on a hereand-now, processual, attentional focus in the concept of mindfulness. A deeply mindful awareness is not easily distracted from its chosen object(s), whether by thoughts of the past and future, or by competing stimuli in the present (Smallwood & Schooler, 2006 Therapeutic MindfulnessThe meaning of mindfulness has been further modified during its ongoing application in the realm of contemporary psychotherapy. Bishop and colleagues (2004) proposed a two-component model to describe an updated operationalisation of mindfulness in clinical and therapeutic settings. The first component is self-regulation of attention, which involves sustained attention, attention switching, and the inhibition of elaborative processing that may distract from one's direct experience. This component is consistent with the element of here-and-now, present-centred attentional focus. Individuals make an effort to notice the dynamic flows of thoughts, feelings, and sen...

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Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Chan

Lin

et al. 2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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“…Recent evidence suggests that MPs do in fact enhance emotional regulation and decrease emotional reactivity. [78][79][80][81][82][83][84] Cognitive and behavioral flexibility may facilitate more adaptive responding in general and values clarification may result in choosing behaviors more congruent with one's core values. 17 Both of these effects could lead to behavioral changes that increase psychological well-being.…”

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Zen Meditation for Depression, Anxiety, Pain, and Psychological Distress

Marchand

2012

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

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“…Recent theoretical and empirical developments suggest that perfectionism and perseverative cognitions can be reduced by cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness meditation (Delgado et al, 2010;Masuda and Tully, 2012;Nyklíček et al, 2013). A recent randomized controlled-trial adopting both approaches to treat maladaptive perfectionists revealed significant reductions in anxiety sensitivity and negative automatic thoughts (Radhu et al, 2012a;Guglietti et al, 2013).…”

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Heart rate variability is enhanced in controls but not maladaptive perfectionists during brief mindfulness meditation following stress-induction: A stratified-randomized trial

Azam

Katz

Fashler

et al. 2015

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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Heart rate variability (HRV) is a vagal nerve-mediated biomarker of cardiac function used to investigate chronic illness, psychopathology, stress and, more recently, attention-regulation processes such as meditation. This study investigated HRV in relation to maladaptive perfectionism, a stress-related personality factor, and mindfulness meditation, a stress coping practice expected to elevate HRV, and thereby promote relaxation. Maladaptive perfectionists (n = 21) and Controls (n = 39) were exposed to a lab-based assessment in which HRV was measured during (1) a 5-minute baseline resting phase, (2) a 5-minute cognitive stress-induction phase, and (3) a post-stress phase. In the post-stress phase, participants were randomly assigned to a 10-minute audioinstructed mindfulness meditation condition or a 10-minute rest condition with audio-description of mindfulness meditation. Analyses revealed a significant elevation in HRV during meditation for Controls but not for Perfectionists. These results suggest that mindfulness meditation promotes relaxation following cognitive stress and that the perfectionist personality hinders relaxation possibly because of decreased cardiac vagal tone. The results are discussed in the context of developing psychophysiological models to advance therapeutic interventions for distressed populations.

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Treating chronic worry: Psychological and physiological effects of a training programme based on mindfulness

Cited by 127 publications

References 63 publications

Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Revalidation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) With Its Newly Developed Chinese Version (Ch-CAMS-R)

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Zen Meditation for Depression, Anxiety, Pain, and Psychological Distress

Heart rate variability is enhanced in controls but not maladaptive perfectionists during brief mindfulness meditation following stress-induction: A stratified-randomized trial

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