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1. The Serenity of the Meditating Mind: A Cross-Cultural Psychometric Study on a Two-Factor Higher Order Structure of Mindfulness, Its Effects, and Mechanisms Related to Mental Health among Experienced Meditators

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Tran, Ulrich S., Cebolla Marti, Ausias, Glück, Tobias M., Soler, Joaquim, Garcia-Campayo, Javier, von Moy, Theresa, and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Male, Mindfulness, Psychometrics, Emotions, Social Sciences, Anxiety, Atenció, Surveys and Questionnaires, Psychology, Medicine, Attention, Mental health and psychiatry, Meditation, media_common, Aged, 80 and over, Multidisciplinary, Depression, Middle Aged, Confirmatory factor analysis, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Female, medicine.symptom, Research Article, Clinical psychology, Adult, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Psychological Adjustment, Adolescent, Science, media_common.quotation_subject, Structural equation modeling, Young Adult, Humans, Buddhism, Aged, Behavior, business.industry, Biology and Life Sciences, Relaxation (Psychology), Mental health, Cross-cultural studies, Psychological stress, business, Stress, Psychological
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Objective To investigate the psychometric and structural properties of the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) among meditators, to develop a short form, and to examine associations of mindfulness with mental health and the mechanisms of mindfulness. Methods Two independent samples were used, a German (n = 891) and a Spanish (n = 393) meditator sample, practicing various meditation styles. Structural and psychometric properties of the FFMQ were investigated with multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling. Associations with mental health and mechanisms of mindfulness were examined with path analysis. Results The derived short form broadly matched a previous item selection in samples of non-meditators. Self-regulated Attention and Orientation to Experience governed the facets of mindfulness on a higher-order level. Higher-order factors of mindfulness and meditation experience were negatively associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety, and perceived stress. Decentering and nonattachment were the most salient mechanisms of mindfulness. Aspects of emotion regulation, bodily awareness, and nonattachment explained the effects of mindfulness on depression and anxiety. Conclusions A two-component conceptualization for the FFMQ, and for the study of mindfulness as a psychological construct, is recommended for future research. Mechanisms of mindfulness need to be examined in intervention studies.

Published
2014

2. Associations between Film Preferences and Risk Factors for Suicide: An Online Survey.

Author

Till, Benedikt, Tran, Ulrich S., Voracek, Martin, Sonneck, Gernot, and Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas

Subjects
*SUICIDAL behavior, *MOTION pictures & psychology, *COPYCAT suicide, *MENTAL depression, *INTERNET surveys, *HOPELESSNESS theory of depression
Abstract

Several studies indicate that exposure to suicide in movies is linked to subsequent imitative suicidal behavior, so-called copycat suicides, but little is currently known about whether the link between exposure to suicidal movies and suicidality is reflected in individual film preferences. 943 individuals participated in an online survey. We assessed associations between preferred film genres as well as individual exposure to and rating of 50 pre-selected films (including 25 featuring a suicide) with suicidal ideation, hopelessness, depression, life satisfaction, and psychoticism. Multiple regression analyses showed that preferences for film noir movies and milieu dramas were associated with higher scores on suicidal ideation, depression and psychoticism, and low scores on life satisfaction. Furthermore, preferences for thrillers and horror movies as well as preferences for tragicomedies, tragedies and melodramas were associated with higher scores of some of the suicide risk factors. There was also a dose-response relationship between positive rating of suicide films and higher life satisfaction. Due to the cross-sectional design of the study causality cannot be assessed. Individual film genre preferences seem to reflect risk factors of suicide, with film genres focusing on sad contents being preferred by individuals with higher scores on suicide risk factors. However, suicide movies are more enjoyed by viewers with higher life satisfaction, which may reflect a better ability to cope with such content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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