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Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT)
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Lindsay, Emily K.,Creswell, J. David
- 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
- 출판년도2017
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기Clinical psychology review
- 발행사항Vol.51No.-[2017]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN0272-7358
- 소개/요약Despite evidence linking trait mindfulness and mindfulness training with a broad range of effects, still little is known about its underlying active mechanisms. Mindfulness is commonly defined as (1) the ongoing monitoring of present-moment experience (2) with an orientation of acceptance. Building on conceptual, clinical, and empirical work, we describe a testable theoretical account to help explain mindfulness effects on cognition, affect, stress, and health outcomes. Specifically, Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT) posits that (1), by enhancing awareness of one's experiences, the skill of attention monitoring explains how mindfulness improves cognitive functioning outcomes, yet this same skill can increase affective reactivity. Second (2), by modifying one's relation to monitored experience, acceptance is necessary for reducing affective reactivity, such that attention monitoring and acceptance skills together explain how mindfulness improves negative affectivity, stress, and stress-related health outcomes. We discuss how MAT contributes to mindfulness science, suggest plausible alternatives to the account, and offer specific predictions for future research.
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