The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Dissociation Among Mental Health Service Users: A Cross-Cultural Study with Implications for Nursing Interventions.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing July 24, 2026 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2026.2688856 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Mental health service users from the UK and Pakistan |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Mindfulness negatively correlates with dissociation among mental health service users, with cultural differences in the relationship, suggesting mindfulness-based nursing interventions may need cultural adaptation. |
Abstract
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Dissociation Among Mental Health Service Users: A Cross-Cultural Study with Implications for Nursing Interventions.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
Citations in the library
Cites 9
- Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Assessment February 29, 2008
- Cultural Presentations of Dissociation: The Case of Possession Trance Experiences Journal of Trauma & Dissociation September 17, 2020
- Defining Mindfulness: A Review of Existing Definitions and Suggested Refinements Mindfulness 2025
- Differential constellations of dissociative symptoms and their association with childhood trauma – a latent profile analysis European Journal of Psychotraumatology May 13, 2024
- Measuring Mindfulness in Black Americans: A Psychometric Validation of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Mindfulness February 10, 2023
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