Carmody James, Baer Ruth A
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
J Behav Med. 2008 Feb;31(1):23-33. doi: 10.1007/s10865-007-9130-7. Epub 2007 Sep 25.
Relationships were investigated between home practice of mindfulness meditation exercises and levels of mindfulness, medical and psychological symptoms, perceived stress, and psychological well-being in a sample of 174 adults in a clinical Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. This is an 8- session group program for individuals dealing with stress-related problems, illness, anxiety, and chronic pain. Participants completed measures of mindfulness, perceived stress, symptoms, and well-being at pre- and post-MBSR, and monitored their home practice time throughout the intervention. Results showed increases in mindfulness and well-being, and decreases in stress and symptoms, from pre- to post-MBSR. Time spent engaging in home practice of formal meditation exercises (body scan, yoga, sitting meditation) was significantly related to extent of improvement in most facets of mindfulness and several measures of symptoms and well-being. Increases in mindfulness were found to mediate the relationships between formal mindfulness practice and improvements in psychological functioning, suggesting that the practice of mindfulness meditation leads to increases in mindfulness, which in turn leads to symptom reduction and improved well-being.
在一项针对174名成年人的基于正念减压（MBSR）临床项目样本中，研究了正念冥想练习的家庭实践与正念水平、医学和心理症状、感知压力以及心理健康之间的关系。这是一个为期8节的团体项目，针对应对与压力相关问题、疾病、焦虑和慢性疼痛的个体。参与者在MBSR前后完成了正念、感知压力、症状和幸福感的测量，并在整个干预过程中监测他们的家庭练习时间。结果显示，从MBSR前到MBSR后，正念和幸福感增加，压力和症状减少。花在正式冥想练习（身体扫描、瑜伽、坐禅）家庭实践上的时间与正念大多数方面的改善程度以及症状和幸福感的几项测量显著相关。发现正念的增加介导了正式正念练习与心理功能改善之间的关系，这表明正念冥想练习会导致正念增加，进而导致症状减轻和幸福感提高。
