Relating dispositional mindfulness, contemplative practice, and positive reappraisal with posttraumatic cognitive coping, stress, and growth.
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy September 1, 2017 Adam W. Hanley, Eric L Garland, Richard G Tedeschi
Mindfulness and positive reappraisal, a cognitive coping strategy, are linked to better outcomes after trauma, including reduced posttraumatic stress and increased posttraumatic growth. In a sample of 505 college students, adding mindfulness and positive reappraisal to existing models of posttraumatic growth improved the models' ability to explain the data. Distinct cognitive pathways connected mindfulness and disrupted core beliefs to both posttraumatic stress and growth. Engaging in contemplative practices substantially changed the relationships among the core posttraumatic growth variables. The findings support a view of trauma as capable of producing both positive and negative outcomes and highlight the importance of cognitive coping strategies in fostering positive change.