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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
卷 64, 期 7, 页码 840-862出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20491
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mindfulness; mediation; college mental health; meditation; attention
There has been great interest in determining if mindfulness can be cultivated and if this cultivation leads to well-being. The current study offers preliminary evidence that at least one aspect of mindfulness, measured by the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS; K. W. Brown & R. M. Byan, 2003), can be cultivated and does mediate positive outcomes. Further, adherence to the practices taught during the meditation-based interventions predicted positive outcomes. College undergraduates were randomly allocated between training in two distinct meditation-based interventions, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR,- J. Kabat-Zinn, 1990; n = 15) and E. Easwaran's (1978/1991) Eight Point Program (EPP,- n = 14), or a waitlist control (n = 15). Pretest, posttest, and 8-week follow-up data were gathered on self-report outcome measures. Compared to controls, participants in both treatment groups (n=29) demonstrated increases in mindfulness at 8-week follow-up. Further, increases in mindfulness mediated reductions in perceived stress and rumination. These results suggest that distinct meditation-based practices can increase mindfulness as measured by the MAAS, which may partly mediate benefits. Implications and future directions are discussed. (c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals.
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