Unveiling the mirage of mindfulness profiles through mindfulness-based stress reduction

Objectives: The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) stands out as a standard of mindfulness assessment in scientific literature, although scientific understanding of its properties is still in development. Among them, the FFMQ seems to present latent profiles with specific patterns in its fa...

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Autores: Lecuona de la Cruz, Oscar, García Rubio, Carlos, Rivas, Sara de, Vidal, Joana, Moreno Jiménez, Jennifer Elena, Rodríguez Carvajal, Raquel
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/712702
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/712702
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100775
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Mindfulness
Latent Profile Analysis
Latent Transition
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Psicología
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Resumo:Objectives: The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) stands out as a standard of mindfulness assessment in scientific literature, although scientific understanding of its properties is still in development. Among them, the FFMQ seems to present latent profiles with specific patterns in its facets. However, no study has explored the behavior of mindfulness profiles across mindfulness-based interventions. This study explores how Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) impacts mindfulness profiles. Methods: An overall sample of 624 participants were measured pre and post-MBSR in mindfulness, decentering, self-compassion, psychopathological symptoms, well-being, and positive and negative emotional states. Results: MBSR altered the structure of latent profiles, shifting from 3 profiles to 2 profiles: A High Mindfulness minority profile and a General Mindfulness majority profile. These profiles could be interpreted as a single dispositional mindfulness continuum. The Judgmentally Observing and Non-Judgmentally Aware profiles were more present in the High Mindfulness profile post-MBSR. All profiles tended to display increased decentering, self-compassion, well-being, and positive states, while decreased negative states and psychological symptoms. Thus, MBSR seemed to “arrange” latent profiles in a continuum of overall mindfulness. Conclusions: MBSR seems to dissipate heterogeneities in the FFMQ, allocating its measurements to a more homogeneous continuum of mindfulness. Implications and recommendations for future studies are discusse