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Zhenzhen Wang

4 papers in the library · 35 citations · publishing 2024-2025

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Effect of cognitive flexibility in mindfulness intervention for emotional distress: Two randomized controlled trials.

Journal of Counseling Psychology July 14, 2025 Zhenzhen Wang, Mo Chen, Amy Hu et al. 2 citations

To examine the mechanistic role of cognitive flexibility in mindfulness intervention for emotional distress (MIED), we conducted two randomized controlled trials. In Study 1, 607 participants experiencing high emotional distress were randomly assigned to either an MIED program group (N = 304) or a waitlist control group (N = 303). Levels of cognitive flexibility, anxiety, depression, and...

DOI: 10.1037/cou0000812 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Mindfulness programs Mindfulness interventions Cognitive flexibility Mentally shift gears +5

Decentering as a mediator of the effect of mindfulness on emotional distress: Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal designs.

Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research November 17, 2024 Zhenzhen Wang, Xinyi Tang, Amy Hu et al. 5 citations

To investigate the role of decentering as a mediator of the effect of mindfulness/mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on emotional distress, we conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. In Study 1, a total of 998 participants with high emotional distress were included. Mindfulness, decentering, anxiety, and depression were measured at baseline. In Study 2, 688 participants with high...

DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2024.2426562 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Decentering Emotional distress Mediation Mindfulness-based intervention

Distress tolerance as a mediator of mindfulness-based intervention for anxiety and depression: Evidence from two randomized controlled trials.

International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2024 Yanjuan Li, Mengyao He, Zhenzhen Wang et al. 18 citations

We aimed to investigate whether distress tolerance mediated the effects of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on anxiety and depression with two randomized controlled studies. In Study 1, 374 participants with at least moderate emotional distress were randomized to an intervention group (N = 174) and a waitlist control group (N = 173). Mindfulness, distress tolerance, anxiety, and depression...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100445 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Anxiety Depression Distress tolerance Mechanism +1

The Role of Attentional Control in Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Longitudinal Mediation Analyses.

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 2024 Zhenzhen Wang, Kaerqika Shalihaer, Stefan G Hofmann et al. 10 citations

This study aimed to investigate whether attentional control serves as a mediator for mindfulness-based interventions for emotional distress, utilizing a randomized waitlist (WL)-controlled design. A total of 498 participants with high emotional distress was recruited online and randomly assigned to a 49-day online Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress (MIED) group (N = 249) or a WL...

DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2981 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Attentional control Emotional distress Mediation Mindfulness‐based interventions +1