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21-11-2020 | ORIGINAL PAPER

The Impact of Compassion Meditation Training on Psychological Variables: a Network Perspective

Auteurs: Pablo Roca, Gustavo Diez, Richard J. McNally, Carmelo Vazquez

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 4/2021

Abstract

Objectives

We aimed to examine how a standardized compassion meditation program would induce changes in the patterns of interactions among psychological variables.

Methods

We conducted network analyses on psychological variables before and after 96 participants completed an 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) program.

Results

After the CCT program, self-compassion variables increased their importance and influence in the network (i.e., centrality), whereas psychopathology and negative functioning variables (e.g., stress, anxiety, depression, and rumination) decreased their centrality. More importantly, self-compassion increased its associations with other adaptive variables (e.g., emotional reappraisal and mindfulness) after the program. Also, self-compassion, non-attachment, and decentering were the nodes connecting different sub-networks (i.e., bridge nodes), decoupling psychopathological variables (i.e., psychological distress and rumination) from the rest of the network. The variance of compassion, mindfulness, and well-being was mostly explained by other nodes in the network (i.e., predictability), whereas psychopathology-related constructs diminished in their predictability after the program.

Conclusions

These results highlight the role of self-compassion and other adaptive variables as the key mechanisms through which compassion meditation may produce its effects.

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Titel: The Impact of Compassion Meditation Training on Psychological Variables: a Network Perspective
Auteurs: Pablo Roca
Gustavo Diez
Richard J. McNally
Carmelo Vazquez
Publicatiedatum: 21-11-2020
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness / Uitgave 4/2021
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01552-x

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