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A preliminary investigation of the effects of experimentally induced mindfulness on emotional responding to film clips
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Despite encouraging preliminary findings regarding the efficacy of mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments for a range of psychological presentations, we have yet to elucidate mechanisms of action within these treatments. One mechanism through which mindfulness may reduce psychological symptoms and promote functioning is enhancing emotional responding and regulation. In this study, we used multimodal assessment to examine the effects of a brief mindfulness intervention in a laboratory setting on emotional experiences and regulation in response to distressing, positive, and affectively mixed film clips. Although there were no condition (mindfulness vs. control) effects on reports of emotional response or difficulties in regulation after the distressing film clip, participants in the mindfulness condition reported significantly greater positive affect in response to the positive film. Additionally, participants in the mindfulness condition reported more adaptive regulation (approaching significance, medium to large effect size) in response to the affectively mixed clip and significantly less negative affect immediately after this clip, although not after a recovery period. No significant differences emerged between conditions on physiological measures (skin conductance and heart rate) throughout the study.
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“Indeed, experimental studies suggest that training in mindfulness lasting less than 10 minutes leads to a greater willingness to attend to violent film clips (Erisman & Roemer, 2010), gruesome photos (Arch & Craske, 2006), burn pain (Haythornthwaite et al., 2001), chronic pain (Ussher et al., 2014), and electrical shocks (Gutiérrez et al., 2004), which paradoxically resulted in reduced distress in”
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“a brief mindfulness intervention, relative to a control condition, resulted in reduced emotion regulation difficulties and negative affect in response to an affectively-mixed film clip.”
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“A growing number of studies suggest that as little as one hour of training in mindfulness meditation yields valuable, though transient, decreases in anxiety and pain (Arch & Craske, 2006; Erisman & Roemer, 2010; Gutiérrez et al., 2004; Haythornthwaite et al., 2001; Ussher et al., 2014; Zeidan et al., 2010).”
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“as well as increase positive affect [6, 7] in non-clinical populations.”
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“Experimental studies have provided support for such claims, with decentering increasing only in the mindfulness condition when compared to a control, relaxation, or loving-kindness mediation, respectively (Erisman & Roemer, 2010; Feldman et al., 2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
- ORCID
- Roemer, Lizabeth
- Venue
- Emotion
- Published
- 2010-02
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 72-82
- ISSN
- 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
- 1931-1516
- PMC
- PMC2868364
- OpenAlex
- W2071090386
- Cited by
- 411
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 28.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Emotion (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH074589)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- mindfulness, emotion regulation, emotional responses, film clips, positive affect, negative affect, mechanism of action, skin conductance, heart rate, brief mindfulness intervention
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Awareness, Emotions, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motion Pictures, Psychological Tests, Stress, Psychological, Meditation, Young Adult
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