Sauer, Sebastian and Walach, Harald and Schmidt, Stefan and Hinterberger, Thilo and Horan, Majella and Kohls, Niko (2011) Implicit and explicit emotional behavior and mindfulness. CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION, 20 (4). pp. 1558-1569. ISSN 1053-8100,
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The objective of this study was to examine whether the "step back and watch" attitude of mindfulness manifests in less emotional behavior. We hypothesized that the "acceptance" facet of mindfulness, but not the "presence" facet, is negatively associated with the magnitude of emotional behavior in four tests, i.e., (1) rating of words, (2) rating of aversive and neutral pictures, and (3) evaluative conditioning (EC). Additionally, we hypothesized that (4) the acceptance facet is associated with increased reaction time (RT) in an emotional Stroop test, and that the presence facet is associated with decreased RT and lower error rate. The sample consisted of N = 247 non-clinical adults and was tested in a cross-sectional study. The results provide partial evidence that the acceptance facet of mindfulness may be associated with less aversive reactions towards aversive stimuli. Future studies should substantiate these findings but also determine their clinical relevance. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | STRESS REDUCTION; METAANALYSIS; ATTENTION; MEDITATION; INVENTORY; ANXIETY; SYSTEM; BRAIN; SPECIFICITY; SENSITIVITY; Mindfulness; Evaluative conditioning; Emotional Stroop; Emotion |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2020 05:15 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2020 05:15 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19757 |
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