Mindfulness Flashcards
How can the positive assumptions be applied to mindfulness?
“The good life” - meditation and mindful breathing can be an activity that engages us.
Authenticity of goodness and excellence - informal practices of mindfulness are focused on nurturing positive emotions.
Free will - trains an individual to gain control over their thoughts and emotions.
What are the key points of gaining control of thoughts?
Goal of focusing on the present is to gain greater awareness of negative thoughts.
What are the key points of meditation and mindful breathing?
Allows people to accept that thoughts and related emotions are impermanent.
In this way the individual learns not to react in an automatic way to their thoughts.
What are the key points of the informal practises of mindfulness?
Informal practice involves paying attention to the surroundings and the moment.
Informal practices can be incorporated into daily life to give us a break from our normal thought processes.
What is an example of mindfulness techniques?
The most well-known techniques involve the use of meditation and mindful breathing.
Examples:
In a body scan, the individual is guided through the process of paying attention to sensations in different parts of the body without reacting to them.
What are the key points of meditation and mindfulness apps?
The growth in popularity of mindfulness techniques has led to an abundance of apps designed to teach people to be more mindful and to pay attention to the present moment.
What are the key points for the integration with other therapies evaluation point?
The techniques of mindfulness practice are becoming increasingly incorporated into other therapies, such as psychoanalysis and CBT.
What’s an example for the integration with other therapies evaluation point?
Mindfulness-Based CBT (MiCBT) is a four-stage therapeutic approach which incorporates mindfulness with CBT.
MiCBT helps to change the process of thinking, not just the content of our thoughts.
What did Teasdale et al (2000) study and find?
Evaluated the effectiveness of MBCT among 145 recurrently depressed patients.
Patients were randomly allocated to receive treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU plus eight classes of MBCT.
Relapse / recurrence to major depression was assessed over a 60-week period.
MBCT provided the greatest help to those who had suffered the most number of previous episodes.
What did Reibel et al (2001) report?
MBSR decreased levels of anxiety and depression in 136 patients who participated in an 8-week mindfulness programme, involving 20 minutes of meditation per day.
These results were also seen after a one-year follow up.
What’s the group VS individual mindfulness evaluation point?
There is some evidence to suggest that mindfulness meditation is more effective in group settings.
What did Mantzios and Giannou (2014) investigate and find?
Investigated Group VS Individual mindfulness among participants who were trying to lose weight.
170 participants who were randomly assigned to practise meditation for six weeks within a group or individually.
Found that participants in the group setting lost more weight and lowered their levels of cognitive-behavioural avoidance.
