The DOI matches its Crossref record; 39 of the 39 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Responding mindfully to distressing psychosis: A grounded theory analysis
Abstract
This study investigates the psychological process involved when people with current distressing psychosis learned to respond mindfully to unpleasant psychotic sensations (voices, thoughts, and images). Sixteen participants were interviewed on completion of a mindfulness group program. Grounded theory methodology was used to generate a theory of the core psychological process using a systematically applied set of methods linking analysis with data collection. The theory inducted describes the experience of relating differently to psychosis through a three-stage process: centering in awareness of psychosis; allowing voices, thoughts, and images to come and go without reacting or struggle; and reclaiming power through acceptance of psychosis and the self. The conceptual and clinical applications of the theory and its limits are discussed.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“People with schizophrenia learn through mindfulness to abandon their usual response to aversive psychotic experiences—e.g., control efforts and escape-avoidance coping—to adopt a response style fundamentally based on acceptance, which, although counterintuitive, may result in a reduction of the generated distress [25,26].”
From Mindfulness-Based Interventions for People with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020) · cites this paper as [25]
Citations
Cites
The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research
Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (2017) · Aldine (Routledge reprint) · doi:10.4324/9780203793206 · Cited by 25,789
(1993) · Cited by 7,136
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
Cary, G. L. (1994) · American Journal of Psychotherapy · doi:10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.1.155 · Cited by 6,299
(1999) · Cited by 5,934
Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: a conceptual and empirical review
Baer, R. A. (2003) · Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice · doi:10.1093/clipsy.bpg015 · Cited by 4,577
Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review.
Baer, R. A. (2003) · Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice · doi:10.1093/clipsy/bpg015 · Cited by 4,576
Rogers, C. R. (1961) · Cited by 4,342
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1982) · General Hospital Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/0163-8343(82)90026-3 · Cited by 4,255
(1993) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 2,491
Evolving guidelines for publication of qualitative research studies in psychology and related fields
Elliott, R., Fischer, C. T., & Rennie, D. L. (1999) · British Journal of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1348/014466599162782 · Cited by 2,491
The theory and practice of group psychotherapy.
Gullickson, T., & Ramser, P. (1996) · Contemporary Psychology · doi:10.1037/002652 · Cited by 1,894
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
(1977) · Journal of Humanistic Psychology · doi:10.1177/002216787701700308 · Cited by 1,729
Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z., & Williams, J. M. G. (1995) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(94)e0011-7 · Cited by 1,349
Metacognitive awareness and prevention of relapse in depression: Empirical evidence
Teasdale, J. D., Moore, R. G., Hayhurst, H., Pope, M., Williams, S., & Segal, Z. V. (2002) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-006x.70.2.275 · Cited by 1,221
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Segal, Z. V. (2023) · PsycTHERAPY Dataset · doi:10.1037/v00751-001 · Cited by 1,043
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression
Kumari, D., & Satyapal, N. (2024) · Industrial Psychiatry Journal · doi:10.4103/ipj.ipj_127_24 · Cited by 1,005
Bach, P., & Hayes, S. C. (2002) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-006x.70.5.1129 · Cited by 839
Qualitative research and psychological theorizing
Henwood, K. L., & Pidgeon, N. F. (1992) · British Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1992.tb02426.x · Cited by 808 · cited 3×
“Trustworthiness of the theory (Henwood & Pidgeon 1993 ; Elliot, Fischer, & Rennie, 1999 )”
MethodChadwick, P., & Birchwood, M. J. (1994) · The British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/bjp.164.2.190 · Cited by 807
Self-citationMorrison, A. P. (2001) · Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy · doi:10.1017/s1352465801003010 · Cited by 673
Grounded Theory Method: Philosophical Perspectives, Paradigm of Inquiry, and Postmodernism
Annells, M. (1996) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/104973239600600306 · Cited by 559
Social research: Philosophy, politics and practice
Hammersley, M. (1992) · Cited by 440
The power and omnipotence of voices: subordination and entrapment by voices and significant others
Birchwood, M. J., Meaden, A., Trower, P., Gilbert, P., & Plaistow, J. (2000) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s0033291799001828 · Cited by 433
Romme, M. A. J., & Escher, A. D. M. A. C. (1989) · Schizophrenia Bulletin · doi:10.1093/schbul/15.2.209 · Cited by 367
Persecutory delusions: developing the understanding of belief maintenance and emotional distress
Freeman, D. H., Garety, P. A., & Kuipers, E. (2001) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s003329170100455x · Cited by 330
Mindfulness groups for people with psychosis
Chadwick, P., Taylor, K. N., & Abba, N. (2005) · Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy · doi:10.1017/s1352465805002158 · Cited by 292 · cited 1×
“Stronger studies incorporating mindfulness as an intervention have shown more promising results (Bach & Hayes, 2002 ; Chadwick, Newman-Taylor & Abba, 2005 ).”
ResultSelf-citationSensory deception: a scientific analysis of hallucination
(1989) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.26-4763 · Cited by 284
Emotional Disorders and Metacognition: Innovative Cognitive Therapy
Wells, A. (2002) · doi:10.1002/9780470713662 · Cited by 268 · cited 1×
“The combination of negative beliefs about uncontrollability and danger of thoughts along with positive beliefs about worry proposed to be associated with distress in emotional disorders (Wells, 2000) has been found in people experiencing psychosis (Baker & Morrison, 1998; Morrison & Wells, 2003).”
BackgroundPerson‐Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis
Chadwick, P. (2006) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9780470713075 · Cited by 252
Self-citationA qualitative study of mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for depression
Mason, O., & Hargreaves, I. (2001) · British Journal of Medical Psychology · doi:10.1348/000711201160911 · Cited by 242 · cited 2×
“A second complementary approach is to use sophisticated qualitative methods grounded in participants’ experience to understand the core process of change (Mason & Hargreaves, 2001).”
MethodCoping with Hearing Voices: An Emancipatory Approach
Romme, M., Honig, A., Noorthoorn, E. O., & Escher, A. D. M. A. C. (1992) · The British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/bjp.161.1.99 · Cited by 239
Mindfulness training and problem formulation.
Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z. V., & Williams, J. M. G. (2003) · Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice · doi:10.1093/clipsy.bpg017 · Cited by 227
Freeman, D. H., & Garety, P. A. (1999) · Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy · doi:10.1017/s135246589927107x · Cited by 218
Cognitive processes in auditory hallucinations: attributional biases and metacognition
BAKER, C. A., & Morrison, A. P. (1998) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s0033291798007314 · Cited by 199
Morrison, A. P., & Wells, A. (2003) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(02)00095-5 · Cited by 175
Mania precipitated by meditation: a case report and literature review
Yorston, G. A. (2001) · Mental Health, Religion & Culture · doi:10.1080/713685624 · Cited by 138
Origin and Mechanisms of Hallucinations
KEUP, W. (1970) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-8645-6 · Cited by 130
Wenzel, A. E. (2019) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9781315651958-7 · Cited by 53
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy:
Yalom, I. D., & Crouch, E. C. (1990) · British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/s0007125000062723 · Cited by 32
Research works printed but not linked: 7
- 10.1002/9780470713075.ch1 · DOI
- 10.1016/S0145-2134(03)00141-8 · DOI
- Glaser , B. G. and Strauss , A. L. 1967 . Discovery of grounded theory , Chicago : Aldine .
- Kabat-Zinn , J. 1990 . Full catastrophe living: The program of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center , New York : Dell .
- Kabat-Zinn , J. 1994 . Mindfulness meditation in everyday life , New York : Hyperion .
- Medical Research Council . (2000) . A framework for development and evaluation of RCTs for complex interventions to improve health . London : Author .
- Wells , A. 2000 . Emotional disorders and metacognition , New York : Wiley .
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Assessment of Mindfulness: Review on State of the Art
Sauer, S., Walach, H., Schmidt, S., Hinterberger, T., Lynch, S., Büssing, A., & Kohls, N. (2013) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-012-0122-5 · Cited by 464
Mindfulness interventions for psychosis: A meta-analysis
Khoury, B., Lecomte, T., Gaudiano, B. A., & Paquin, K. (2013) · Schizophrenia Research · doi:10.1016/j.schres.2013.07.055 · Cited by 292
Longden, E., Madill, A., & Waterman, M. G. (2012) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/a0025995 · Cited by 248
Chadwick, P., Hughes, S., Russell, D., Russell, I., & Dagnan, D. (2009) · Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy · doi:10.1017/s1352465809990166 · Cited by 219
Self-citationLincoln, T. M., Lange, J. F., Burau, J., Exner, C., & Moritz, S. (2009) · Schizophrenia Bulletin · doi:10.1093/schbul/sbp029 · Cited by 196
Metadata
- Authors
- Abba, N., Chadwick, P., & Stevenson, C.
- Affiliations
- Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Royal South Hants Hospital (GB)
- Dublin City University (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Abba, Nicola
- ORCID
- Chadwick, Paul
- Venue
- Psychotherapy Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 77-87
- ISSN
- 1050-3307 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-4381
- OpenAlex
- W1988867413
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 7.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychotherapy Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- psychosis, mindfulness, voice, intrusive thoughts, hallucinations, acceptance, self-acceptance, cognitive processes, lived experience of psychosis
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Attention, Awareness, Communication, Delusions, Female, Hallucinations, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Middle Aged, Paranoid Disorders, Personality Assessment, Power, Psychological, Professional-Patient Relations, Psychological Theory, Psychotherapy, Group, Psychotic Disorders, Reality Testing, Self Concept, Patient Satisfaction, Young Adult
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
