The Relationships Among Styles of Mindfulness Engagement, Components of Emotion Regulation, and Heart Rate Variability
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description: Mindfulness based techniques have increasingly been incorporated into psychotherapeutic interventions in recent decades. However, there has been little understanding of the active ingredients of mindfulness such as styles of mindfulness, mindfulness traits, spiritual commitment to mindfulness practice, and mechanisms of mindfulness practices related to beneficial outcomes. We defined mindfulness as styles of practice based on traditional Buddhist perspectives and distinguished between Formal and Informal mindfulness engagement. Formal practice is believed to develop the ̳concentration‘ domain verses Informal mindfulness engagement to develop the ̳wisdom‘ domain in Buddhism. This study investigated the relationships between mindfulness constructs and indices associated with healthier emotion regulation, such as heart rate variability, general health, and life satisfaction. We also examined Attention Control and emotion regulation tendencies (Suppression and Reappraisal) as potential mediators of links between mindfulness constructs and indices of healthier emotion regulation. Participants were recruited at the Won Buddhist Temple, Won Institute, Philadelphia Buddhist Association, and Shambala Center in Philadelphia. The Mindfulness Engagement Inventory, Spiritual Commitment Inventory (revised from Religious Commitment Inventory, Worthington et al., 2003), and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, 2006) were administered to assess the mindfulness construct. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003) for emotion regulation tendency and Emotion Word, and Color Word Stroop tasks for Attention Control were used. We also measured heart rate variability,self-reported general health, and life satisfaction as outcome data of adaptable emotion regulation. The results of the study indicate that Formal mindfulness engagement is linked to Attention Control for reverend practitioners, but not for novice practitioners…
abstract: Mindfulness based techniques have increasingly been incorporated into psychotherapeutic interventions in recent decades. However, there has been little understanding of the active ingredients of mindfulness such as styles of mindfulness, mindfulness traits, spiritual commitment to mindfulness practice, and mechanisms of mindfulness practices related to beneficial outcomes. We defined mindfulness as styles of practice based on traditional Buddhist perspectives and distinguished between Formal and Informal mindfulness engagement. Formal practice is believed to develop the ̳concentration‘ domain verses Informal mindfulness engagement to develop the ̳wisdom‘ domain in Buddhism. This study investigated the relationships between mindfulness constructs and indices associated with healthier emotion regulation, such as heart rate variability, general health, and life satisfaction. We also examined Attention Control and emotion regulation tendencies (Suppression and Reappraisal) as potential mediators of links between mindfulness constructs and indices of healthier emotion regulation. Participants were recruited at the Won Buddhist Temple, Won Institute, Philadelphia Buddhist Association, and Shambala Center in Philadelphia. The Mindfulness Engagement Inventory, Spiritual Commitment Inventory (revised from Religious Commitment Inventory, Worthington et al., 2003), and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, 2006) were administered to assess the mindfulness construct. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003) for emotion regulation tendency and Emotion Word, and Color Word Stroop tasks for Attention Control were used. We also measured heart rate variability,self-reported general health, and life satisfaction as outcome data of adaptable emotion regulation. The results of the study indicate that Formal mindfulness engagement is linked to Attention Control for reverend practitioners, but not for novice practitioners…
author: Kim, Heejin
date published: 2011-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:23:36Z
provider: Bryn Mawr University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Bryn Mawr University