Barnhofer Thorsten, Duggan Danielle S, Griffith James W
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Pers Individ Dif. 2011 Dec;51(8):958-962. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.07.032.
Negative emotional reactivity as measured by neuroticism has been shown to be an important risk factor for the development of depressive symptoms. This study investigated whether the ability to be mindful can protect against the negative effects of this temperamental vulnerability. An English community sample of N = 144 individuals who had completed a neuroticism questionnaire six years previously were assessed for current depressive symptoms and dispositional levels of mindfulness at points of assessment approximately one year apart. Dispositional mindfulness moderated the relation between neuroticism and current depressive symptoms: Neuroticism was significantly related to depression in those with low to medium levels of dispositional mindfulness but not in those with relatively high levels of mindfulness. Further analyzes focusing on particular mindfulness skills indicated that this effect was carried mostly by the ability to describe inner experience. The results suggest that dispositional mindfulness and particularly the ability to describe inner experience are helpful in dealing with negative emotional reactivity in a way that reduces the likelihood of depressive symptoms to develop.
神经质所衡量的消极情绪反应性已被证明是抑郁症状发展的一个重要风险因素。本研究调查了正念能力是否可以抵御这种气质性易感性的负面影响。对一个由144名个体组成的英国社区样本进行了评估，这些个体在六年前完成了一份神经质问卷，在大约相隔一年的评估点对他们当前的抑郁症状和正念的倾向性水平进行了评估。倾向性正念调节了神经质与当前抑郁症状之间的关系：在倾向性正念水平低至中等的个体中，神经质与抑郁显著相关，但在正念水平相对较高的个体中则不然。进一步针对特定正念技能的分析表明，这种效应主要由描述内心体验的能力所驱动。结果表明，倾向性正念，尤其是描述内心体验的能力，有助于以降低抑郁症状发展可能性的方式应对消极情绪反应性。
