Experiential self-referential and selfless processing in mindfulness and mental health: Conceptual model and implicit measurement methodology.
Psychological Assessment April 14, 2016 Yuval Hadash, Reut Plonsker, David R. Vago et al. 69 citations
The cognitive association of present-moment subjective experience with the self, termed Experiential Self-Referential Processing (ESRP), may underlie various forms of maladaptation, while mindfulness may promote mental health by fostering Experiential Selfless Processing (ESLP), which involves processing experience without self-referentiality. A new implicit behavioral measure, the Single Experience & Self Implicit Association Test (SES-IAT), was developed to assess ESRP and ESLP of fear. In a randomized experiment with 138 adults, preliminary evidence suggested the SES-IAT measures ESLP and two forms of ESRP: identification with fear and negative self-referential evaluation of fear. ESRP and ESLP were associated with meta-awareness and key psychobehavioral processes underlying adaptation and maladaptation.