The Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in a Non-Clinical Student Population

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作者
Hanstede, Marijke [2 ]
Gidron, Yori [1 ]
Nyklicek, Ivan [2 ]
机构
[1] Brunel Univ, Sch Hlth Sci & Social Care, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, Middx, England
[2] Tilburg Univ, Ctr Res Psychol Somat Dis CoRPS, Dept Med Psychol, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands
关键词
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms; mindfulness; meditation; letting-go; thought-action fusion;
D O I
10.1097/NMD.0b013e31818786b8
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
This controlled pilot study tested the effects of a mind-fulness intervention on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and tested the psychological processes possibly mediating such effects. Participants with OCD symptoms (12 women, 5 men) received either mindfulness training (N = 8) or formed a waiting-list control group (N = 9). Meditation included 8 group meetings teaching meditative breathing, body-scan, and mindful daily living, applied to OCD. The intervention had a significant and large effect on mindfulness, OCD symptoms, letting go, and thought-action fusion. Controlling for changes in "letting go," group effects on change in OCD symptoms disappeared, pointing at a mediating role for letting go. This may be the first controlled study demonstrating that a mindfulness intervention reduces OCD symptoms, possibly explained by increasing letting go capacity. If replicated in larger and clinical samples, mindfulness training may be ail alternative therapy for OCD.
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页码:776 / 779
页数:4
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