Self-reported trait mindfulness and affective reactivity: a motivational approach using multiple psychophysiological measures.

ABSTRACT: As a form of attention, mindfulness is qualitatively receptive and non-reactive, and is thought to facilitate adaptive emotional responding. One suggested mechanism is that mindfulness facilitates disengagement from an affective stimulus and thereby decreases affective reactivity. However, mindfulness has been conceptualized as a state, intervention, and trait. Because evidence is mixed as to whether self-reported trait mindfulness decreases affective reactivity, we used a multi-method approach to study the relationship between individual differences in self-reported trait mindfulness and electrocortical, electrodermal, electromyographic, and self-reported responses to emotional pictures. Specifically, while participants (N = 51) passively viewed pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant IAPS pict

SUBMITTER: Cosme D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4352075 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature