Effects of Mindful Acceptance and Reappraisal Training on Maladaptive Beliefs About Rumination
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© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.The present study examined the relative
effects of mindful acceptance and reappraisal on metacognitive attitudes and beliefs
in relation to rumination and negative experiences. A small but growing literature
has compared the effects of these strategies on immediate emotional experience, but
little work has examined the broader, metacognitive impact of these strategies, such
as maladaptive beliefs about rumination. One hundred and twenty-nine participants
who reported elevated symptoms of depression were randomly assigned to receive brief
training in mindful acceptance, reappraisal, or no training prior to undergoing an
autobiographical sad mood induction. Participants rated their beliefs in relation
to rumination and negative experiences before and after instructions to engage in
mood regulation. Results showed that relative to reappraisal or no training, training
in mindful acceptance resulted in greater decreases in maladaptive beliefs about rumination.
The study suggests that training in mindful acceptance promotes beneficial changes
in metacognitive attitudes and beliefs relevant to depression, and contributes to
a greater understanding of the mechanisms through which mindfulness-based interventions
lead to positive outcomes.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/12510Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1007/s12671-015-0480-xPublication Info
Keng, SL; Smoski, MJ; & Robins, CJ (2016). Effects of Mindful Acceptance and Reappraisal Training on Maladaptive Beliefs About
Rumination. Mindfulness, 7(2). pp. 493-503. 10.1007/s12671-015-0480-x. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/12510.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Clive Justin Robins
Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research interests are in the understanding and treatment of mood disorders and borderline
personality disorder. A primary focus in recent years has been on evaluating the
roles of personality characteristics as risk factors for depression, and as moderators
of its clinical presentation and treatment outcome. An assessment instrument, the
Personal Style Inventory, which evaluates the constructs of social dependency and
autonomous achievement concerns, has been developed for this pur
Moria Joy Smoski
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
My research interests are focused on emotion regulation and reward processes in psychopathology,
primarily in major depressive disorder. I am interested in the translation of knowledge
gleaned from cognitive neuroscience methods including functional neuroimaging to better
understand and improve psychosocial interventions, including cognitive behavioral
and mindfulness interventions.
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