Mindfulness
January 14, 2022
Jennifer H Martinez, Karen L Suyemoto, Tahirah Abdullah et al.
Objectives: Racism-related stress is associated with significant mental health costs, necessitating the development of coping strategies to mitigate the negative sequelae. Mindfulness and valued living (MVL)-based strategies may be uniquely beneficial in addressing the negative effects of racism-related stress for people of color (POC) by decreasing internalized messages, while increasing...
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
April 17, 2011
Sarah A Hayes-Skelton, Susan M Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer
In response to clinical observations and research findings that individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder are reactive to their internal experiences, avoid and suppress painful emotions, thoughts, and sensations, and limit their involvement in meaningful activities, an Acceptance Based Behavioral Therapy (ABBT) was developed to specifically target these responses. ABBT incorporates...
Emotion
February 1, 2010
Shannon M. Erisman, Lizabeth Roemer
Despite encouraging preliminary findings regarding the efficacy of mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments for a range of psychological presentations, we have yet to elucidate mechanisms of action within these treatments. One mechanism through which mindfulness may reduce psychological symptoms and promote functioning is enhancing emotional responding and regulation. In this study, we used...
The Behavior Therapist
November 1, 2008
Lizabeth Roemer, Jonathan K. Lee, Kristalyn Salters-pedneault et al.
Diminished levels of mindfulness (awareness and acceptance/nonjudgment) and difficulties in emotion regulation have both been proposed to play a role in symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); the current studies investigated these relationships in a nonclinical and a clinical sample. In the first study, among a sample of 395 individuals at an urban commuter campus, we found that self...