1 The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2019 Aug;79(3):313-335. doi: 10.1177/0030222817721115. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
This study examined effects of a mindfulness induction on proximal and distal defense responses to mortality salience and negative affect. Three experimental conditions were included: mindfulness, mind-wandering, and worrying. Participants in the mindfulness condition underwent a mindfulness induction at the experiment's outset, while participants in the other two conditions underwent a mind-wandering or worry induction. Inductions involved following guided audio instructions presented via headphones. All conditions ( = 77) underwent a mortality salience induction after experimental manipulation, involving a written exercise pertaining to one's death. Results indicated fewer proximal responses in the mindfulness and mind-wandering groups, compared with the worrying group, but no differences in distal responses. Negative affect was lower in the mindfulness group than in the worrying group following mortality salience. Results suggest that mindfulness exercises effectively buffer against negative affect and some responses to mortality salience, although these effects are not different from those of mind-wandering.
本研究考察了正念诱导对死亡凸显和负性情绪的近端和远端防御反应的影响。包括三种实验条件：正念、走神和担忧。正念组在实验开始时进行了正念诱导，而其他两组进行了走神或担忧诱导。诱导涉及通过耳机呈现的引导音频指令。所有条件（ = 77）在实验操作后都接受了死亡凸显诱导，涉及与死亡有关的书面练习。结果表明，与担忧组相比，正念组和走神组的近端反应较少，但远端反应没有差异。在经历死亡凸显后，正念组的负性情绪低于担忧组。结果表明，正念练习能有效缓冲负性情绪和对死亡凸显的一些反应，尽管这些效果与走神没有区别。
