Moore Susan D, Brody Leslie R
Boston University, Massachusetts.
J Lang Soc Psychol. 2009 Sep;28(3):281-296. doi: 10.1177/0261927X09335264. Epub 2009 Jan 5.
This study investigated whether relative changes in cognitive, emotion, temporal, and self-reference word frequencies in repeated narratives predicted improvements in mindfulness skills (i.e., nonjudgmental acceptance of present-moment experiences, observing and describing present stimuli, and acting with awareness) subsequent to narrative self-disclosure. Participants wrote repeated narratives of traumatic or daily events over 3 days. Mindfulness was assessed at baseline and 4 to 8 weeks posttask. Results indicated that relative increases in cognitive processing words (among traumatic events participants and women in both conditions) and present tense words (among all participants) significantly predicted increases in nonjudgmental acceptance, describing, or overall mindfulness. Increases in present tense words appeared to partially mediate the higher mindfulness outcomes of participants writing about daily events when compared with those writing about trauma. The findings suggest that linguistic changes in self-disclosure narratives are associated with improvements in specific mindfulness skills.
本研究调查了重复叙述中认知、情感、时间和自我参照词频的相对变化是否能预测叙事性自我表露后正念技能的提升（即对当下体验的非评判性接纳、观察和描述当下刺激以及有意识地行动）。参与者在3天内对创伤性或日常事件进行重复叙述。在基线以及任务完成后4至8周对正念进行评估。结果表明，认知加工词（创伤性事件参与者以及两种情况下的女性）和现在时词（所有参与者）的相对增加显著预测了非评判性接纳、描述或整体正念的增加。与撰写创伤事件的参与者相比，现在时词的增加似乎部分介导了撰写日常事件的参与者更高的正念结果。研究结果表明，自我表露叙述中的语言变化与特定正念技能的提升相关。
