Mechanisms of Mindfulness: the Mediating Roles of Adaptive and Maladaptive Cognitive Factors

The successful outcomes of mindfulness derived interventions are well established and it has been suggested that cognitive factors may be responsible for the therapeutic benefits. With a sample of 296 individuals, we examined the mediating role of adaptive (i.e., effortful control) and maladaptive cognitive factors (i.e., repetitive negative thinking) in the relationship between the tendency to act mindfully and internalized and externalized …