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Trait mindfulness predicts attentional and autonomic regulation of alcohol cue-reactivity

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Garland, Eric L.·2011·Journal of Psychophysiology

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The trait of mindfulness varies among meditation-naïve individuals and is associated with attentional and autonomic regulation, two neurocognitive functions that become impaired in addiction. It was hypothesized that alcohol dependent inpatients with comparatively high levels of trait mindfulness would exhibit significant autonomic recovery from stress-primed alcohol cues mediated by greater attentional disengagement from such cues. Fifty-eight alcohol dependent inpatients participated in affect-modulated psychophysiological cue-reactivity protocol and a spatial cueing task designed to assess alcohol attentional bias (AB). Associations between trait mindfulness, alcohol AB, and an index of autonomic activity, high-frequency heart rate variability (HFHRV), were examined via multivariate path analysis. Higher trait mindfulness was significantly associated with less difficulty resisting the urge to drink and greater HFHRV recovery from stress-primed alcohol cues. After statistically controlling for the correlation of mindfulness and perceived difficulty resisting drinking urges, the association between mindfulness and HFHRV recovery was partially mediated by attentional disengagement from alcohol cues (model R 2 = .30). Alcohol dependent inpatients higher in mindfulness are better able to disengage attention from alcohol cues, which in turn predicts the degree of HFHRV recovery from such cues. Trait mindfulness may index cognitive control over appetitive responses reflected in superior attentional and autonomic regulation of stress-primed alcohol cue-reactivity.

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  • Chronic pain and alcohol-dependent patients with low trait mindfulness are more likely to misuse opioids/alcohol during treatment and crave them during recovery.

    “Recent work has shown that chronic pain and alcohol dependent patients exhibiting low levels of trait mindfulness have a greater proclivity to misuse opioids and alcohol during treatment and crave alcohol/opioids during recovery, respectively [20–22].”
  • Trait mindfulness is significantly inversely associated with substance use and craving, and positively associated with the ability to disengage attention and recover autonomic function following exposure to addiction-related cues.

    “trait mindfulness, which has been correlated with enhanced cognitive control capacities [15], is significantly inversely associated with substance use [16] and craving [17], and positively associated with the ability to disengage attention and recover autonomic function following exposure to addiction-related cues [18, 19].”

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Authors
Garland, E. L.
Affiliations
Florida State University (US)
Corresponding author
Garland, Eric L.
Venue
Journal of Psychophysiology
Published
2011-01
Volume
25
Issue
4
Pages
180-189
ISSN
  • 0269-8803 (ISSN-L)
  • 2151-2124
OpenAlex
W2136369918
Cited by
78
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (T32AT003378)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Keywords
trait mindfulness, alcohol cue reactivity, attentional disengagement, autonomic regulation, heart rate variability, alcoholism, cognitive control, addiction

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