This study examined the association of food-specific decentering experiences with food cravings in a sample of meditators. Decentering refers to viewing one's thoughts as transient mental events and thus experiencing them as less subjectively real. This process has been suggested to be a key mechanism underlying the effects of mindfulness and many contemplative practices. Although most earlier...
Decentering is a key component of mindfulness, conceptualised as a metacognitive insight into the transience of one’s mental experiences (Safran & Segal, 1990). In this preregistered mixed-methods experiment, we examined the effectiveness of a brief decentering-based mindfulness strategy in curbing anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (N = 316; non-meditators) were instructed...