Self-judgment Dissected: A Computational Modeling Analysis of Self-Referential Processing and its Relationship to Trait Mindfulness Facets and Depression Symptoms
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience September 27, 2022 Peter F Hitchcock, Willoughby B. Britton, Kahini Mehta et al.
A computational model of decision-making shows that the tendency to judge oneself positively rather than negatively is linked to greater mindful awareness and lower depression, both before and after an 8-week mindfulness intervention with 96 participants. At the start, many different depression symptoms were associated with less positive self-judgment. Over the course of the intervention, changes in only a few anhedonia-related symptoms were substantially connected to this shift in self-judgment. The findings support cognitive theories that emphasize self-judgment in depression and mindfulness theories suggesting mindful awareness fosters more positive self-views.