Psychology Research and Behavior Management
January 1, 2024
Fenxia Huang
10 citations
Among 614 elementary pre-service teachers, higher trait mindfulness predicts lower depression. Trait mindfulness also indirectly reduces depression by enhancing flow experience and learning engagement, which act as mediating factors. The findings support depression cognitive theory by highlighting how internal psychological resources can help prevent depression and clarify the pathway through which mindfulness influences mental health.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
June 1, 2024
Lisa Burback, Christine Forner, Olga Winkler et al.
7 citations
Pathological dissociation—a persistent, maladaptive form of the normal threat response—is linked to severe trauma, insecure attachment, treatment non-response, and harmful coping behaviors such as substance use and self-harm. A systematic review of 69 studies found that most interventions, primarily psychotherapy (72.5% of studies) and some medications or neurostimulation, reported positive outcomes, though only a minority targeted dissociative symptoms as the primary objective. The authors argue that effective treatments facilitate an internal or relational sense of safety, grounded in neurobiological and evolutionary perspectives, and call for more research on treatments specifically for dissociative symptoms.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
January 1, 2024
Alessio Matiz, Franco Fabbro, Cristiano Crescentini
4 citations
A storytelling-based mindfulness program for children in grades 3 to 5 showed moderate acceptability, with an average rating of 2.9 out of 4. Children with higher persistence, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence traits liked the program more, found it useful, and engaged more. Over half (57.8%) used mindfulness practices in daily life, and 93.9% would recommend it. Children reported learning about emotional and physical difficulties, calm and relaxation, resilience, self-exploration, and attention. Acceptability was higher than similar programs, and certain personality traits may help tailor such interventions for better outcomes.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
January 1, 2025
Yuxuan Tan, Rong Huang, Zhuo Chen
1 citation
During the COVID-19 outbreak, a two-wave survey of 342 Chinese college students found that higher levels of the personality trait mindfulness were associated with lower intentions to panic buy. This relationship was explained by two sequential mediators: mindfulness reduced feelings of social alienation, which in turn lowered death anxiety, and both factors together curbed panic buying. The findings suggest that mindfulness may help mitigate panic buying during health crises.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
January 1, 2020
Jingjing Ge, Jingjing Yang, Jingjing Song et al.
People with a past-negative time perspective—a tendency to dwell on negative past experiences—are more prone to unhealthy behaviors, rumination, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Dispositional mindfulness appears to reduce this negative focus, but the underlying mechanisms were unclear. In a cross-sectional study comparing 185 meditators and 181 non-meditators, mindfulness was positively linked to resilience and inner peace, while past-negative time perspective was negatively linked to all three. Resilience and inner peace partially explained the link between mindfulness and past-negative time perspective; among meditators the effect was fully mediated, whereas among non-meditators it was only partial. The authors suggest that consistent meditation practice strengthens mindfulness, resilience, and inner peace, thereby reducing past-negative time perspective, and that combining mindfulness with time-perspective interventions could help treat related mental health conditions.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
December 1, 2018
Jian-Hong Chen, Po-hsin Tsai, Yin-Chou Lin et al.
A 4-week mindful sport performance enhancement (MSPE) workshop improved flow state, cognitive anxiety, eating disorder symptoms, and sleep disturbance in an amateur baseball team of 21 athletes in Taiwan. Flow state improvements persisted at a 4-week follow-up, and mindfulness ability was strongly linked to flow state. The findings suggest MSPE can benefit both performance and mental health in team sports.