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Differential effects of mindful breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and loving-kindness meditation on decentering and negative reactions to repetitive thoughts

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Feldman, Greg, Greeson, Jeff, Senville, Joanna·2010·Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Decentering has been proposed as a potential mechanism of mindfulness-based interventions but has received limited empirical examination to date in experimental studies comparing mindfulness meditation to active comparison conditions. In the present study, we compared the immediate effects of mindful breathing (MB) to two alternative stress-management techniques: progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) and loving-kindness meditation (LKM) to test whether decentering is unique to mindfulness meditation or common across approaches. Novice meditators (190 female undergraduates) were randomly assigned to complete one of three 15-min stress-management exercises (MB, PMR, or LKM) presented by audio recording. Immediately after the exercise, participants completed measures of decentering, frequency of repetitive thoughts during the exercise, and degree of negative reaction to thoughts. As predicted, participants in the MB condition reported greater decentering relative to the other two conditions. The association between frequency of repetitive thought and negative reactions to thoughts was relatively weaker in the MB condition than in the PMR and LKM conditions, in which these two variables were strongly and positively correlated. Consistent with the construct of decentering, the relative independence between these two variables in the MB condition suggests that mindful breathing may help to reduce reactivity to repetitive thoughts. Taken together, results help to provide further evidence of decentering as a potential mechanism that distinguishes mindfulness practice from other credible stress-management approaches.

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Authors
Feldman, G., Greeson, J., & Senville, J.
Affiliations
Simmons University (US)
Corresponding author
Feldman, Greg
Venue
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-10
Volume
48
Issue
10
Pages
1002-1011
ISSN
0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2156039263
Cited by
455
References
67
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FWCI
21.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Rowan Digitals Works (Rowan University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (K99 AT004945)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
Keywords
mindful breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, loving-kindness meditation, decentering, repetitive thinking, stress management strategies, mindfulness meditation, novice meditators
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Attention, Awareness, Breathing Exercises, Empathy, Female, Humans, Love, Relaxation Therapy, Self-Assessment, Self Care, Thinking, Meditation, Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical, Resilience, Psychological, Young Adult

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