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Changes in disengagement coping mediate changes in affect following mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in a non-clinical sample 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Cousin, G.,Crane, C.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명BRIT PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • 출판년도2016
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기The British journal of psychology
  • 발행사항Vol.107No.3[2016]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0007-1269
  • 소개/요약Past research has shown that mindfulness-based interventions increase positive affect in non-clinical populations. However, the mechanisms underlying this increase are poorly understood. On the basis of previous empirical and theoretical accounts, we hypothesized that a decreased use of disengagement coping strategies in daily life would explain the benefits of a mindfulness-based intervention in terms of increased positive affect. We analysed the data of 75 healthy adult participants (58 women; 17 men) of different ages (M = 49 years old; SD = 13; age range 19–81) who had been randomly allocated to 8-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) or to a waitlist control group. The results confirmed our hypothesis: Participants in the MBCT group showed significant improvements in positive affect compared to the control group, with decreased use of disengagement coping styles mediating these improvements. The implications of this study are discussed.