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Xiaofan Yan

4 papers in the library · 11 citations · publishing 2022-2025

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Mindfulness and anxiety among medicine college students: a moderated mediation model of intolerance of uncertainty and neuroticism

Psychology, Health & Medicine August 25, 2025 Zhenglin Ji, Yujie Zhang, Xiaoxiao Xu et al.

ABSTRACT Anxiety is commonly present in medical students. Mindfulness can effectively treat anxiety, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate the association between mindfulness and anxiety, and the mediation roles of intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and neuroticism. This cross-sectional study enrolled medical students from the Army Medical University in April...

The chain mediating role of resilience and stress perception between mindfulness and PTSD among college students after campus violence.

BMC Psychiatry May 20, 2025 Qi Sun, Kaiyuan Jing, Xiaoxiao Xu et al.

Despite extensive research on mindfulness, there is a dearth of studies exploring its impact on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through the intermediaries of psychological resilience and perceived stress. In response to a violent campus event, this article investigates the association between mindfulness levels among college students and the presence of PTSD using a sequential mediation...

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-06933-x (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) PTSD Campus violence Stress perception Mindfulness: cultivating mindfulness +6

Feasibility and effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for improving resilience, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and posttraumatic growth among military medical college students.

Acta Psychologica November 1, 2024 Xiaofan Yan, Xiaojie Wang, Yanli Chen et al. 11 citations

Increased stress among medical students in military college has been a challenge in the field of education. One approach to addressing stress reduction is mindfulness training. MBSR has been verified to improve the health status of different individuals. The aim of this study was to examine whether MBSR improves the psychological resilience, posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth of...

Anticipatory threat responses mediate the relationship between mindfulness and anxiety: A cross-sectional study.

Frontiers in Public Health September 26, 2022 Yuanyuan Xu, Wenqiang Huang, Xiaofan Yan et al.

Increasing research has shown that mindfulness-based interventions can effectively alleviate anxiety; however, the underlying neural mechanism has not yet been elucidated. Recent studies suggest that abnormal and excessive anticipatory responses to unpredictable threats play an important role in anxiety symptoms. Mindfulness refers to the non-judgmental awareness of the present moment's real...