Linking dispositional mindfulness and positive psychological processes in cancer survivorship: a multivariate path analytic test of the mindfulness-to-meaning theory.
Linking dispositional mindfulness and positive psychological processes in cancer survivorship: a multivariate path analytic test of the mindfulness-to-meaning theory.
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10.1002/pon.4065
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发表时间：
2017-05
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3.6
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Beck A
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作者：
Garland EL;Thielking P;Thomas EA;Coombs M;White S;Lombardi J;Beck A
研究表明，性格正念与积极的心理功能有关。尽管在更广泛的心理健康文献中，这种倾向与有益的结果有关，但人们对癌症幸存者的倾向正念以及它如何与癌症生存相关的心理和身体健康指标联系起来知之甚少。我们对癌症患者异质样本（N = 97）的数据进行了多变量路径分析，以测试正念到意义理论，这是一种情绪调节的扩展过程模型，通过积极的心理过程将性格正念与癌症相关的生活质量联系起来。我们发现，认可较高水平的性格正念的患者更有可能关注积极的经历（β = .56），这种趋势与对压力生活事件的积极重新评估相关（β = .51）。进行更频繁的积极重新评价的患者对生活有更大的意义（β = .43），并且倾向于享受奖励或肯定生活的事件（β = .50）。反过来，那些享受高水平品味的人有更好的生活质量（β = .33）并且较少遭受情绪困扰（β = -.54）。研究结果为正念到意义理论提供了支持，并有助于解释正念在面对癌症时促进心理繁荣的过程。
Research indicates that dispositional mindfulness is associated with positive psychological functioning. Although this disposition has been linked with beneficial outcomes in the broader mental health literature, less is known about dispositional mindfulness in cancer survivors and how it may be linked with indices of psychological and physical health relevant to cancer survivorship. We conducted a multivariate path analysis of data from a heterogeneous sample of cancer patients (N = 97) to test the Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory, an extended process model of emotion regulation linking dispositional mindfulness with cancer-related quality of life via positive psychological processes. We found that patients endorsing higher levels of dispositional mindfulness were more likely to pay attention to positive experiences (β = .56), a tendency which was associated with positive reappraisal of stressful life events (β = .51). Patients who engaged in more frequent positive reappraisal had a greater sense of meaning in life (β = .43) and tended to savor rewarding or life affirming events (β = .50). In turn, those who engaged in high levels of savoring had better quality of life (β = .33) and suffered less from emotional distress (β = −.54). Findings provide support for the Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory, and help explicate the processes by which mindfulness promotes psychological flourishing in the face of cancer.