Brief mindfulness, mental health, and cognitive processes: A randomized controlled trial.
Author: Cerna C1, García FE2, Téllez A3
Affiliation:
1Universidad de Las Américas [University of the Americas], Concepción, Chile.
2Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Comunicaciones, Universidad Santo Tomás [Saint Thomas University], Chile.
3Department of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León [Autonomous University of Nuevo León], Monterrey, Mexico.
Conference/Journal: Psych J.
Date published: 2019 Dec 5
Other:
Special Notes: doi: 10.1002/pchj.325. [Epub ahead of print] , Word Count: 160
The present study evaluated the impact of a brief mindfulness training program on emotional regulation, cognitive rumination, psychological well-being, and depressive symptoms. This is an experimental study, through a randomized controlled trial. A total of 103 people enrolled on a voluntary basis, of whom 51 were randomly selected to participate in the experimental group and 52 in the control group without intervention (on the waiting list). It is established that a brief, four-session mindfulness training program significantly increases psychological well-being and significantly reduces the symptoms associated with depression; there was a decrease in emotional suppression and in intrusive and deliberate rumination, and an increase in cognitive reappraisal. Implications of this brief mindfulness program on the symptoms associated with depression, psychological well-being, emotional regulation, and cognitive rumination are analyzed, as are the scope and limitations of the study.
© 2019 The Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
KEYWORDS: depression; emotional regulation; mindfulness; psychological well-being; rumination
PMID: 31805614 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.325
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