Impact of mindfulness training on emotion regulation in multiple sclerosis: Secondary analysis of a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Purpose/Objective Research: This secondary analysis of a pilot randomized controlled trial in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) aimed to compare mindfulness-based training (MBT), adaptive cognitive training (aCT), and a waitlist control (WL) on the use of emotion regulation strategies during daily worries and ruminations. Further, we examined cognitive functioning as a moderator of training effects.

Research method/design

Sixty-one PwMS were randomized into an MBT, aCT, or a WL control group for four weeks. Participants completed daily diaries assessing their use of emotion regulation strategies and measures of cognitive functioning at pre- and posttraining. The frequency of acceptance use, maladaptive strategies, and cognitive reappraisal, as well as the success of acceptance u

SUBMITTER: Duraney EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature