Mindfulness for the self-management of negative coping, rumination and fears of compassion in people with cancer: An exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer and its treatments have the potential to significantly impact mental health, provoking feelings of anxiety, depression, and distress, which can last long after treatment is over. One of the most rapidly emerging influences in the healthcare field is mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), which are designed to cultivate present moment awareness, attentional flexibility, compassion and acceptance, to reduce physical and psychological distress. However, there is limited research into the efficacy of MBIs or disease specific MBIs in shifting negative coping, ruminative thinking and fears of compassion as primary outcomes in individuals with cancer.

Aims

This exploratory study was designed to evaluate inter- and intra-individual change in the management of nega

SUBMITTER: Williams S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10026318 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature