Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studies
Mindfulness and anxiety are often linked as inversely related traits and there have been several theoretical and mediational models proposed suggesting such a relationship between these two traits. The current review report offers an account of self-report measures, behavioral, electrophysiological,...
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| description | Mindfulness and anxiety are often linked as inversely related traits and there have been several theoretical and mediational models proposed suggesting such a relationship between these two traits. The current review report offers an account of self-report measures, behavioral, electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and biological studies, which provide converging evidence for an inverse relationship between mindfulness and anxiety. To our knowledge, there are no comprehensive accounts of empirical evidence that investigate this relationship. After reviewing several empirical studies, we propose a schematic model, where a stressor can trigger the activation of amygdala which activates the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) pathway. This hyperactive HPA axis leads to a cascade of psychological, behavioral, electrophysiological, immunological, endocrine, and genetic reactions in the body, primarily mediated by a sympathetic pathway. Conversely, mindfulness protects from deleterious effects of these triggered reactions by downregulating the HPA axis activity via a parasympathetic pathway. Finally, we propose a model suggesting a comprehensive scheme through which mindfulness and anxiety may interact through emotion regulation. It is recommended that future mindfulness intervention studies should examine a broad spectrum of measurement indices where possible, keeping logistic feasibility in mind and look at mindfulness in conjunction with anxiety rather than independently. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a263cf9838d4458e9a370bfd120e20562023-03-09T12:43:11ZengCambridge University PressPersonality Neuroscience2513-98862019-01-01210.1017/pen.2019.12Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studiesSatish Jaiswal0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3617-1106Neil G. Muggleton1Chi-Hung Juan2Wei-Kuang Liang3Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USAInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UKInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taoyuan, TaiwanInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taoyuan, TaiwanMindfulness and anxiety are often linked as inversely related traits and there have been several theoretical and mediational models proposed suggesting such a relationship between these two traits. The current review report offers an account of self-report measures, behavioral, electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and biological studies, which provide converging evidence for an inverse relationship between mindfulness and anxiety. To our knowledge, there are no comprehensive accounts of empirical evidence that investigate this relationship. After reviewing several empirical studies, we propose a schematic model, where a stressor can trigger the activation of amygdala which activates the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) pathway. This hyperactive HPA axis leads to a cascade of psychological, behavioral, electrophysiological, immunological, endocrine, and genetic reactions in the body, primarily mediated by a sympathetic pathway. Conversely, mindfulness protects from deleterious effects of these triggered reactions by downregulating the HPA axis activity via a parasympathetic pathway. Finally, we propose a model suggesting a comprehensive scheme through which mindfulness and anxiety may interact through emotion regulation. It is recommended that future mindfulness intervention studies should examine a broad spectrum of measurement indices where possible, keeping logistic feasibility in mind and look at mindfulness in conjunction with anxiety rather than independently.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513988619000129/type/journal_articlemindfulnessanxietystressemotion regulationmeasurement indices |
| spellingShingle | Satish Jaiswal Neil G. Muggleton Chi-Hung Juan Wei-Kuang Liang Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studies Personality Neuroscience mindfulness anxiety stress emotion regulation measurement indices |
| title | Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studies |
| title_full | Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studies |
| title_fullStr | Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studies |
| title_short | Indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness: a guide for future mindfulness studies |
| title_sort | indices of association between anxiety and mindfulness a guide for future mindfulness studies |
| topic | mindfulness anxiety stress emotion regulation measurement indices |
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