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Examining Mindfulness and Its Relation to Self-Differentiation and Alexithymia 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Teixeira, R. J.,Pereira, M. G.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science and Business Media
  • 출판년도2015
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항Vol.6No.1[2015]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1868-8527
  • 소개/요약Research supports the association between mindfulness, emotion regulation, stress reduction, and interpersonal/relational wellness. The present study evaluated the potential effect of mindfulness on some indicators of psychological imbalance such as low self-differentiation and alexithymia. In this cross-sectional study, a sample of 168 undergraduates (72 % women) completed measures of perceived mindfulness (CAMS-R and PHLMS), self-differentiation (S-IPI), and alexithymia (TAS-20). Results revealed positive correlations between the different dimensions of mindfulness and negative correlations between those dimensions, self-differentiation, and alexithymia. The dimensions of quality of mindfulness and acceptance were mediators in the relationship between self-differentiation and alexithymia. A nonsignificant interaction between gender and alexithymia was found. All mindfulness dimensions, but self-differentiation, contributed to explain the allocation of the non-alexithymic group. These results indicate that mindfulness seems to be a construct with great therapeutic and research potential at different levels, suggesting that some aspects of mindfulness seem to promote a better self-differentiation and prevent alexithymia.