Mindfulness and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in the General Population: The Mediating Roles of Worry, Rumination, Reappraisal and Suppression

Frontiers in Psychology

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Fabrice B. R. Parmentier¹  Mauro García-Toro¹  Javier García-Campayo⁴  Aina M. Yañez²  Pilar Andrés¹  Margalida Gili¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology and Institute of Health Sciences (iUNICS), University of the Balearic Islands;Balearic Islands Health Research Institute (IdISBa);School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia;Department of Psychiatry, Miguel Servet University Hospital;Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of the Balearic Islands

关键词: mindfulness;    depression;    anxiety;    emotional regulation;    rumination;    meditation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00506

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The present study examined the effects of mindfulness on depression and anxiety, both direct and indirect through the mediation of four mechanisms of emotional regulation: worry, rumination, reappraisal and suppression. Path analysis was applied to data collected from an international and non-clinical sample of 1151 adults, including both meditators and non-meditators, who completed an online questionnaire battery. Our results show that mindfulness are related to lower levels of depression and anxiety both directly and indirectly. Suppression, reappraisal, worry and rumination all acted as significant mediators of the relationship between mindfulness and depression. A similar picture emerged for the relationship between mindfulness and anxiety, with the difference that suppression was not a mediator. Our data also revealed that the estimated number of hours of mindfulness meditation practice did not affect depression or anxiety directly but did reduce these indirectly by increasing mindfulness. Worry and rumination proved to be the most potent mediating variables. Altogether, our results confirm that emotional regulation plays a significant mediating role between mindfulness and symptoms of depression and anxiety in the general population and suggest that meditation focusing on reducing worry and rumination may be especially useful in reducing the risk of developing clinical depression.

【 授权许可】

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