Mindful non-reactivity is associated with improved accuracy in attentional blink testing: A randomized controlled trial
Autor: | Luchuan Xiao, Yahong Chen, Fei Luo, Wenxiao Gong, Yuzheng Wang, Xiao-Xiao Lin, Jin-Yan Wang, Ning Wang, Ya-Bin Sun |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Mindfulness 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology 050105 experimental psychology law.invention Randomized controlled trial law Physical therapy medicine Chinese subjects 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attentional blink Reactivity (psychology) Training program Psychology General Psychology |
Zdroj: | Current Psychology. 41:8908-8920 |
ISSN: | 1936-4733 1046-1310 |
Popis: | Practitioners with years of mindfulness training (MT) have a reduced attentional blink (AB), relative to novices and non-practitioners. There is still a lack of evidence regarding the impact of relatively short-term intensive traditional MT on AB. Moreover, it is unknown which component(s) of mindfulness underlie mindfulness-associated reductions in AB. Eighty-nine Chinese subjects were randomized into a MT group (N = 44) and a control (CON) group (N = 45). The participants in the CON group were waitlisted for the opportunity to participate in the training program during the 8 weeks that the MT group underwent training. Before (pretest) and after (posttest) the MT program, the subjects completed the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Peace-of-mind questionnaire (POM), and an AB task. Ultimately, 73 participants (MT group/CON group: 35/38) completed the study. From the pretest to the posttest, the MT group exhibited increases in FFMQ scores (total scores, observing subscores, and non-reactivity subscores) and POM scores, as well as improved accuracy in the AB task and a reduction in the lag-1 sparing effect. Increases in T2 accuracy in the AB correlated with improved non-reactivity. These findings broaden our understanding of the association between mindfulness and AB, and support the supposition that the skill of mindful non-reactivity plays an important role in reducing AB. |
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