Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT).
Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT).
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cpr.2016.10.011
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发表时间：
2017-02
影响因子：
12.8
通讯作者：
Creswell JD
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作者：
Lindsay EK;Creswell JD
尽管有证据表明特质正念和正念训练具有广泛的影响，但对其潜在的积极机制仍知之甚少。正念通常被定义为（1）对当下体验的持续监控（2）以接受为导向。基于概念，临床和实证工作，我们描述了一个可测试的理论账户，以帮助解释正念对认知，情感，压力和健康结果的影响。具体来说，监控和接受理论（MAT）假设（1），通过增强对一个人的经验的意识，注意力监控的技能解释了正念如何改善认知功能的结果，然而，同样的技能可以增加情感反应。第二（2），通过改变一个人与监控体验的关系，接受对于减少情感反应是必要的，这样注意力监控和接受技能一起解释了正念如何改善负面情感，压力和与压力相关的健康结果。我们讨论了MAT如何有助于正念科学，提出合理的替代方案，并为未来的研究提供具体的预测。
Despite evidence linking trait mindfulness and mindfulness training with a broad range of effects, still little is known about its underlying active mechanisms. Mindfulness is commonly defined as (1) the ongoing monitoring of present-moment experience (2) with an orientation of acceptance. Building on conceptual, clinical, and empirical work, we describe a testable theoretical account to help explain mindfulness effects on cognition, affect, stress, and health outcomes. Specifically, Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT) posits that (1), by enhancing awareness of one’s experiences, the skill of attention monitoring explains how mindfulness improves cognitive functioning outcomes, yet this same skill can increase affective reactivity. Second (2), by modifying one’s relation to monitored experience, acceptance is necessary for reducing affective reactivity, such that attention monitoring and acceptance skills together explain how mindfulness improves negative affectivity, stress, and stress-related health outcomes. We discuss how MAT contributes to mindfulness science, suggest plausible alternatives to the account, and offer specific predictions for future research.