Faculty of Psychology, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Health Psychology Service, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
J Clin Psychol. 2020 Sep;76(9):1631-1652. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22932. Epub 2020 Jan 24.
Despite consistent evidence for the beneficial effects of meditation on mental health, little is known about the mechanisms that make mindfulness meditation effective.
The levels of mental health, self-compassion, presence of meaning in life, and experiential avoidance of meditators (n = 414) and nonmeditators (n = 414) were measured and compared. Bootstrap-based structural equation modeling (SEM) modeling analyses were used to test multiple-step multiple-mediator models.
Meditation was positively associated with mental health, although the regularity of practice was an influential element to be considered. Significant indirect effects of meditation on mental health through self-compassion, meaning in life, and experiential avoidance were found. SEM models were able to account for 58% of the variance in mental health scores.
Self-compassion, presence of meaning in life, and reduced experiential avoidance may be active components of healthy meditation practices. Identifying the mechanisms involved in effective meditation practices has relevant implications for well-being and mental health-promoting interventions.
尽管有大量证据表明冥想对心理健康有益，但对于使正念冥想有效的机制知之甚少。
测量并比较了冥想者（n=414）和非冥想者（n=414）的心理健康水平、自我同情、生活意义感和体验回避程度。采用基于 bootstrap 的结构方程模型（SEM）分析来检验多步骤多重中介模型。
冥想与心理健康呈正相关，尽管练习的规律性是一个需要考虑的重要因素。通过自我同情、生活意义感和体验回避，发现冥想对心理健康有显著的间接影响。SEM 模型能够解释心理健康得分 58%的方差。
自我同情、生活意义感和减少体验回避可能是健康冥想实践的有效组成部分。确定有效冥想实践中涉及的机制对促进幸福感和心理健康的干预措施具有重要意义。
