Roles of Trait Mindfulness in Behavioral Activation Mechanism for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Yoshitake Takebayashi¹  Koki Takagaki²  Masaru Horikoshi³  Shun Nakajima³  Masaya Ito³ 

[1] Department of Health Risk Communication, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan;Health Service Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan;National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan;

关键词: behavioral activation;    depression;    trait mindfulness;    avoidance;    impairment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00845

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Behavioral activation and mindfulness have both been shown to engender improvement of functional impairment in patients with major depressive disorder. In behavioral activation, the practice of engaging with the direct experience of the present moment is central, especially when targeting avoidance. Consequently, mindfulness affects changes of avoidance in behavioral activation. This study was designed to assess exploratory relations among trait mindfulness, avoidance, and functional impairment in behavioral activation mechanism for depression. For 1042 participants with depression only or for depression with anxiety disorders, we used structural equation modeling to examine relations among trait mindfulness, avoidance, and functional impairment. Trait mindfulness non-reactivity, non-judging, and acting with awareness had a direct negative effect on avoidance. Trait mindfulness non-reactivity, trait non-judging, and trait acting with awareness had indirect negative effects on functional impairment. Results show that each trait mindfulness facet exhibited a distinct pattern of relations with avoidance and impairment.

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