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标题：An Investigation of the Role of Attention in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Recurrently Depressed Patients
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作者：Paul A. M. van den Hurk ; Joël R. van Aalderen ; Fabio Giommi 等
期刊名称：Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
电子版ISSN：2043-8087
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：103-120
DOI：10.5127/jep.024811
语种：English
出版社：SAGE Publications
摘要：Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been shown to be efficacious in reducing relapse rate and depressive symptoms in patients with recurrent depression. To date, little is known about the underlying cognitive mechanisms. We investigated the role of attention with the attention network test in a randomized controlled trial with 34 MBCT patients and 37 waiting-list control patients. In the MBCT group depressive symptoms and ruminative thinking decreased and mindfulness skills increased. However, no differential changes in either specific, basal components of attentional processes (alerting, orienting and executive attention) or more general attentional functioning were observed. These results seem to fit in the pattern, emerging from recent research findings, that suggests that it might be especially the second component of mindfulness as described by Bishop (Bishop et al., 2004) - a shift towards an attitude with more openness and acceptance - that mediates the efficacy of short-term mindfulness interventions.
关键词：mindfulness-based cognitive therapy; attention; depression; mindfulness; mediation; acceptance