Open AccessSelf-Distancing and Avoidance Mediate the Links Between Trait Mindfulness and Responses to Emotional Challenges
Author(s) -
Kate Petrova,
Michael D. Nevarez,
Robert J. Waldinger,
Kristopher J. Preacher,
Milford D. Schulz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mindfulness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.509
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1868-8535
pISSN - 1868-8527
DOI - 10.1007/s12671-020-01559-4
Subject(s) - mindfulness , psychology , worry , distancing , rumination , stressor , sadness , anxiety , developmental psychology , trait , clinical psychology , social psychology , anger , cognition , covid-19 , medicine , disease , pathology , neuroscience , psychiatry , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
Mindfulness has been linked to better emotion regulation and more adaptive responses to stress across a number of studies, but the mechanisms underlying these links remain to be fully understood. The present study examines links between trait mindfulness (Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire; FFMQ) and participants' responses to common emotional challenges, focusing specifically on the roles of reduced avoidance and more self-distanced engagement as key potential mechanisms driving the adaptive benefits of trait mindfulness.