Attenuated maladaptive emotion processing as a potential mediator of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and mental health.

ABSTRACT: The emotion processing and regulation mechanisms by which dispositional (personality trait) mindfulness exerts its positive effects on mental health remain unclear. Here, we tested, using structural equation modeling, whether the relationship between higher dispositional mindfulness and better mental health is mediated by reduced maladaptive processing of emotional information (e.g., expressive suppression, impoverished emotional experiences, unprocessed emotions, avoidance, externalizing strategies) and associated lower negative affect, enhanced adaptive processing of emotional information (e.g., cognitive reappraisal) and associated higher positive affect, or a combination of these two emotion processing styles. Dispositional mindfulness, mental health, diverse emotional constructs with

SUBMITTER: Pandey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10658320 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature