Anticipatory threat responses mediate the relationship between mindfulness and anxiety: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Increasing research has shown that mindfulness-based interventions can effectively alleviate anxiety; however, the underlying neural mechanism has not yet been elucidated. Recent studies suggest that abnormal and excessive anticipatory responses to unpredictable threats play an important role in anxiety symptoms. Mindfulness refers to the non-judgmental awareness of the present moment's real experience, which is antithetical to the future-oriented thinking processes involved in anxiety-oriented cognition and its corresponding emotion regulation tactics. Thus, mitigating anticipatory threat responses may be a potential mechanism by which mindfulness alleviates anxiety. This study aimed to detect the possible mediating effects of anticipatory threat responses on the relationship between mind

SUBMITTER: Xu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9548577 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature