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Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness 5/2015

09-11-2014 | ORIGINAL PAPER

The Impact of Mindfulness on Supportive Communication Skills: Three Exploratory Studies

Auteurs: Susanne M. Jones, Wesley Hansen

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 5/2015

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Abstract

Supportive communication, which conveys care, empathy, and encouragement, plays a crucial role in how well people are able to cope with difficult emotions and aversive situations. But supportive communication can be conveyed more or less skilled. One possible mechanism that may link nonverbally and verbally conveyed emotional support and improved affective outcomes is mindfulness, conceived as enhanced nonreactive attention to and awareness of current internal and external stimuli. We present a theoretical model of mindful supportive communication and report the results of three exploratory studies that test the relationship between mindfulness and three factors that influence the supportive communication process, namely social skills, communicative coping, and reappraisals. Study 1 detected relationships between mindfulness facets and social skills. Studies 2 and 3 examine the impact of brief mindful interventions on social skills, communicative coping skills, and reappraisals.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Impact of Mindfulness on Supportive Communication Skills: Three Exploratory Studies
Auteurs
Susanne M. Jones
Wesley Hansen
Publicatiedatum
09-11-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Mindfulness / Uitgave 5/2015
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-014-0362-7

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