Trait mindfulness and attention to emotional information: An eye tracking study |
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| Institution: | 1. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 345 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906, USA;2. Butler Hospital, Psychosocial Research Program, 345 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906, USA;3. Kansas City VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64128, USA;4. Oklahoma State University, Department of Psychology, 116 Psychology Bldg., Stillwater, OK 74078, USA;1. Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China;2. Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China;1. Auburn University, United States;2. Westfield State University, United States;1. Memory and Cognition Lab, Institute of Psychology, University of Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France;2. Center for Psychiatry & Neuroscience, INSERM U894, Paris, France;3. Institut Universitaire de France, France |
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| Abstract: | Biased attention for emotional information is associated with the emotional disorders. Trait mindfulness is associated with lower depression and anxiety and with improved attentional control. Mindfulness is also related to lower levels of brooding rumination. The current study examined the association between trait mindfulness, brooding rumination, depressed and anxious state moods, and attention to emotional visual stimuli utilizing eye tracking methodology. Participants were 158 undergraduates. Trait mindfulness was negatively associated with attention to sad and threatening stimuli, but was not associated with attention to positive or neutral stimuli. There was an indirect effect of mindfulness on attention to sad stimuli through brooding rumination. Data are cross sectional but provide initial evidence that mindfulness may partially exert its effects on depression and anxiety by lessening attention to negatively-valenced stimuli. |
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| Keywords: | Mindfulness Eye tracking Rumination Mood Attention |
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