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Mindfulness in schizophrenia: Associations with self-reported motivation, emotion regulation, dysfunctional attitudes, and negative symptoms

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Tabak, Naomi T., Horan, William P., Green, Michael F.·2015·Schizophrenia Research

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Mindfulness-based interventions are gaining empirical support as alternative or adjunctive treatments for a variety of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders. Emerging evidence now suggests that mindfulness-based treatments may also improve clinical features of schizophrenia, including negative symptoms. However, no research has examined the construct of mindfulness and its correlates in schizophrenia. In this study, we examined self-reported mindfulness in patients (n=35) and controls (n=25) using the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. We examined correlations among mindfulness, negative symptoms, and psychological constructs associated with negative symptoms and adaptive functioning, including motivation, emotion regulation, and dysfunctional attitudes. As hypothesized, patients endorsed lower levels of mindfulness than controls. In patients, mindfulness was unrelated to negative symptoms, but it was associated with more adaptive emotion regulation (greater reappraisal) and beliefs (lower dysfunctional attitudes). Some facets of mindfulness were also associated with self-reported motivation (behavioral activation and inhibition). These patterns of correlations were similar in patients and controls. Findings from this initial study suggest that schizophrenia patients may benefit from mindfulness-based interventions because they (a) have lower self-reported mindfulness than controls and (b) demonstrate strong relationships between mindfulness and psychological constructs related to adaptive functioning.

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Authors
Tabak, N. T., Horan, W. P., & Green, M. F.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Tabak, Naomi T.
Venue
Schizophrenia Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-10
Volume
168
Issue
1-2
Pages
537-542
ISSN
0920-9964 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2167068592
Cited by
59
References
50
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7
FWCI
6.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Schizophrenia Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH09668, T32MH096682, R01MH095878, MH095878)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
mindfulness, schizophrenia
MeSH terms
Attitude, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological Tests, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Self Report, Mindfulness

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