The contribution of mindfulness to the understanding and management of distress in psychosis and the validation of The Mindfulness Questionnaire
The contribution of mindfulness to the understanding and management of distress in psychosis and the validation of The Mindfulness Questionnaire
Literature Review
Interest in the clinical use of mindfulness practice has increased rapidly in recent years. Research investigating the efficacy of mindfulness based interventions indicates that these approaches can be useful for a range of disorders (Baer, 2003; Grossman, Nieman, Schmidt and Walach, 2004). Little attention has been paid to how mindfulness could contribute to the understanding and management of distress associated with psychosis. The following review describes what is currently known about mindfulness interventions, considers mechanisms of change and suggests ways in which mindfulness could be applied to psychosis. Contraindications for mediation for individuals with psychosis are reviewed and directions for future research are suggested.
Empirical Paper
The literature on mindfulness interventions has been limited by the lack of an available measure of mindfulness. Several measures of mindfulness have been developed but none which specifically measure mindful response to distressing experiences.
The present research examines the reliability and validity of the Mindfulness Questionnaire (MQ, Chadwick, 2002, unpublished), a 16 item measure of mindful response to auditory hallucinations, as well as hypotheses about the relationship between mindfulness, affect and distress associated with hearing voices, beliefs about and response to voices.
Fifty-nine participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who were currently experiencing auditory hallucinations participated. Results indicated that four items should be removed. The 12 item MQ showed good internal reliability with a Chronbach’s alpha of .84. Predictions about the relationship between MQ, affect, distress associated with haring voices, beliefs about and response to voices were confirmed.
University of Southampton
Thomas, Emily
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2005
Thomas, Emily
71575ec4-8513-4609-8983-65d2e6bc1693
Thomas, Emily
(2005)
The contribution of mindfulness to the understanding and management of distress in psychosis and the validation of The Mindfulness Questionnaire.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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Literature Review
Interest in the clinical use of mindfulness practice has increased rapidly in recent years. Research investigating the efficacy of mindfulness based interventions indicates that these approaches can be useful for a range of disorders (Baer, 2003; Grossman, Nieman, Schmidt and Walach, 2004). Little attention has been paid to how mindfulness could contribute to the understanding and management of distress associated with psychosis. The following review describes what is currently known about mindfulness interventions, considers mechanisms of change and suggests ways in which mindfulness could be applied to psychosis. Contraindications for mediation for individuals with psychosis are reviewed and directions for future research are suggested.
Empirical Paper
The literature on mindfulness interventions has been limited by the lack of an available measure of mindfulness. Several measures of mindfulness have been developed but none which specifically measure mindful response to distressing experiences.
The present research examines the reliability and validity of the Mindfulness Questionnaire (MQ, Chadwick, 2002, unpublished), a 16 item measure of mindful response to auditory hallucinations, as well as hypotheses about the relationship between mindfulness, affect and distress associated with hearing voices, beliefs about and response to voices.
Fifty-nine participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who were currently experiencing auditory hallucinations participated. Results indicated that four items should be removed. The 12 item MQ showed good internal reliability with a Chronbach’s alpha of .84. Predictions about the relationship between MQ, affect, distress associated with haring voices, beliefs about and response to voices were confirmed.
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