How do mindfulness and compassion programs improve mental health and well-being? The role of attentional processing of emotional information
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Roca, Pablo; Vazquez, Carmelo; Diez, Gustavo; McNally, Richard J.: How do mindfulness and compassion programs improve mental health and well-being? The role of attentional processing of emotional information, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Volume 81, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101895.
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Background and objectives: Although the benefits of Meditation-Based Programs are well documented, the
mechanisms underlying these benefits have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, we examined whether: (1)
formal training in mindfulness and compassion meditation modifies the distribution of attentional resources
towards emotional information; and (2) whether changes in attentional processing of emotional information
after the meditation programs mediate the improvements in psychological di ...
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