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Dispositional mindfulness in trauma recovery: Prospective relations and mediating mechanisms

Nitzan-Assayag, Yaara, Aderka, Idan M., Bernstein, Amit·2015·Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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This study examined the protective properties and candidate mediating processes (cognitive fusion and cognitive suppression) linking dispositional mindfulness to distal risk factors (negative affect, anxiety sensitivity, rumination) and psychopathology symptom outcomes (depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms) following trauma exposure. To do so, a community-based sample of adults was longitudinally studied in the six-months following exposure--within 30-days (T1), 3-months (T2), and 6-months (T3)--to a shared disaster-related potentially traumatic event (PTE). Specifically, we found that cognitive fusion predicted, and mediated, the effect of mindfulness on outcomes related to distress post-trauma including negative affect, depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Complementary to these effects, we found that cognitive suppression predicted, and mediated, the effect of mindfulness on distal risk factors linked to negative self-referential processes including rumination and anxiety sensitivity. Findings are discussed with respect to their theoretical and clinical implications for the potential role and mechanisms of mindfulness in recovery following trauma.

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Authors
Nitzan-Assayag, Y., Aderka, I. M., & Bernstein, A.
Affiliations
University of Haifa (IL)
Corresponding author
Bernstein, Amit
Venue
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-12
Volume
36
Pages
25-32
ISSN
0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1477088711
Cited by
53
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 8
FWCI
3.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
trait mindfulness, trauma recovery, cognitive fusion, cognitive inhibition, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, rumination, anxiety sensitivity, negative affect, potentially traumatic events, disaster exposure, protective factors, mediating mechanisms
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Disasters, Female, Fires, Humans, Male, Personality, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress Disorders, Traumatic

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