Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
The mediating role of experiential avoidance and thought suppression between trait mindfulness and rumination in undergraduates
Honggui Zhou, Hong Liu, Lifeng Wang, Xin Ma, Rui Li, Yunlong Deng
Published 2019-05-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2019, 28(5): 448-452. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2019.05.013
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between trait mindfulness(TM) and rumination, as well as the mediating effects of experiential avoidance(EA) and thought suppression(TS) in undergraduates.
MethodsA sample of 1 219 undergraduates was recruited to complete Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Ⅱ, the White Bear Suppression Inventory and Rumination Response Style Questionnaire.
Results(1) The significant positive correlations of each two different factors were found among experiential avoidance (18.020±7.446), thought suppression (47.769±10.011) and rumination (47.668±10.497), and the correlation coefficients were 0.466, 0.546 and 0.525 respectively, all P<0.01. TM (64.977±9.623) was found to be significantly related with EA (r=-0.450), TS (r=-0.424) and rumination (r=-0.527), all P<0.01. (2) Partially mediating effect of EA (effect value=-0.132) and TS (effect value=-0.073) were both found in TM and rumination, and the proportion of these two effects were 25.0% and 13.9%, respectively. The chain mediating effect of EA and TS (effect value=-0.042) was also found between TM and rumination, whose indirect effect size was 8.0%.
ConclusionThe relationship between TM and rumination in undergraduates can be mediated by EA and TS respectively, as well as their chain effect.
Key words:
Trait mindfulness; Rumination; Experiential avoidance; Thought suppression; Mediation
Contributor Information
Honggui Zhou
Psychosomatic Health Research Institute, the third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
Hong Liu
Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Beijing 100875, China
Lifeng Wang
Psychosomatic Health Research Institute, the third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
Xin Ma
Psychosomatic Health Research Institute, the third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
Rui Li
Psychosomatic Health Research Institute, the third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
Yunlong Deng
Psychosomatic Health Research Institute, the third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
