Self-distancing and Avoidance Mediate the Links Between Trait Mindfulness and Responses to Emotional Challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mindfulness has been linked to better emotion regulation and more adaptive responses to stress across a number of studies, but the mechanisms underlying these links remain to be fully understood. The present study examines links between trait mindfulness (Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire; FFMQ) and participants' responses to common emotional challenges, focusing specifically on the roles of reduced avoidance and more self-distanced engagement as key potential mechanisms driving the adaptive benefits of trait mindfulness.

Methods

Adults (n = 305, age range: 40-72) from the Second Generation Study of the Harvard Study of Adult Development completed two laboratory-based challenges - public speaking combined with difficult math tasks (the Trier Social S

SUBMITTER: Petrova K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210843 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature