Mindfulness for the self‐management of negative coping, rumination and fears of compassion in people with cancer: An exploratory study
Cancer Reports March 20, 2023 Sian Williams, Seraphine Clarke, Trudi Edginton
An eight-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer (MBCT-Ca) course reduced negative coping, rumination, and fears of self-compassion in cancer survivors. In a group of 22 participants across six cancer care centres, 82% improved on at least one measure. Significant decreases occurred in negative coping, ruminating, and fears of self-compassion. Fear of self-compassion correlated with depressive ruminating, and fear of accepting compassion from others correlated with showing compassion to others both before and after the intervention. The findings suggest MBCT-Ca may improve psychological health and wellbeing in cancer survivors.