Does mindfulness reduce negative interpretation bias?

A Gibb, JM Wilson, C Ford, NJ Shook - Cognition and Emotion, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Negative interpretation bias, or the tendency to interpret ambiguous life events in a negative
manner rather than positive or neutral, is a precursor to depression and anxiety. Evidence …

Looking up: Mindfulness increases positive judgments and reduces negativity bias

LG Kiken, NJ Shook - Social Psychological and Personality …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The present research examined the relation between mindfulness and negativity bias, or the
tendency to weigh negative information more heavily than positive. A randomized …

Negatively biased cognition as a mechanism of mindfulness: a review of the literature

CG Ford, LG Kiken, I Haliwa, NJ Shook - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Mindfulness-based interventions are efficacious in reducing depression and anxiety
symptoms, but mechanisms underlying these benefits have not been fully elucidated. Based …

Does mindfulness attenuate thoughts emphasizing negativity, but not positivity?

LG Kiken, NJ Shook - Journal of research in personality, 2014 - Elsevier
The current research investigated whether mindfulness is differentially associated with
thoughts that emphasize positive or negative valence. In Study 1, trait mindfulness was …

Mindfulness and emotional distress: The role of negatively biased cognition

LG Kiken, NJ Shook - Personality and Individual Differences, 2012 - Elsevier
Mindfulness is a receptive attention to and awareness of events and experiences as they
occur. A substantial body of literature supports the usefulness of mindfulness-based …

The relationship between negative affect, state mindfulness, and the role of personality

JA Karl, R Fischer - Mindfulness, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Are affective states influencing state mindfulness and can this explain the link
between personality and mindfulness? Mindfulness is commonly thought to decrease …

Be Here Now: Dispositional Mindfulness Enhances Fading Affect Bias

MT Crawford, C Marsh, J Clegg - Mindfulness, 2023 - Springer
Objectives The current study examined the relationship between dispositional mindfulness
and fading affect bias, where the affect associated with negative events fades more quickly …

Negative cognitive bias and perceived stress: Independent mediators of the relation between mindfulness and emotional distress

CG Ford, NJ Shook - Mindfulness, 2019 - Springer
Although a growing body of research has demonstrated the benefits of mindfulness for
depression and anxiety, the mechanisms by which mindfulness reduces emotional distress …

Mindfulness, negative cognition and mental health

WS Yeung - 2013 - dspace.cityu.edu.hk
Objectives. The present study aimed to investigate the underlying mechanism of how
dispositional mindfulness works in promoting mental health by taking negative cognition into …

Letting go: Mindfulness and negative automatic thinking

PA Frewen, EM Evans, N Maraj, DJA Dozois… - Cognitive therapy and …, 2008 - Springer
Cognitive theorists describe mindfulness as a form of attention-awareness in which thoughts
can be observed in non-judging, de-centered, and non-attached ways. However, empirical …