Trait mindfulness and attention to emotional information: An eye tracking study.
Conscious Cogn
; 95: 103213, 2021 10.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-34601355
ABSTRACT
Biased attention for emotional information is associated with the emotional disorders. Trait mindfulness is associated with lower depression and anxiety and with improved attentional control. Mindfulness is also related to lower levels of brooding rumination. The current study examined the association between trait mindfulness, brooding rumination, depressed and anxious state moods, and attention to emotional visual stimuli utilizing eye tracking methodology. Participants were 158 undergraduates. Trait mindfulness was negatively associated with attention to sad and threatening stimuli, but was not associated with attention to positive or neutral stimuli. There was an indirect effect of mindfulness on attention to sad stimuli through brooding rumination. Data are cross sectional but provide initial evidence that mindfulness may partially exert its effects on depression and anxiety by lessening attention to negatively-valenced stimuli.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mindfulness
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Conscious Cogn
Journal subject:
PSICOFISIOLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA