Artful lander5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() There is evidence that MBSR improves mental health and reduces symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression, and MBCT prevents depressive relapse (Fjorback, Arendt, Ornbol, Fink, & Walach, 2011). Well established MBIs include Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) (Kabat-Zinn, 1990), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 1999). ![]() MBIs have been developed for a range of conditions in both clinical and healthy adult populations. Thus, youth facing a variety of psychosocial stressors may find mindfulness a helpful strategy for mitigating challenges and building resilience. As a way of being in the world, mindfulness represents an inner-resource that contributes to resilience, which is the ability to recover from tumultuous circumstances (Bajaj & Pande, 2016). Indeed, emotion regulation is an important component in treating a variety of complex mental health challenges including anxiety (Chambers, Gullone, & Allen, 2009). With this nonjudgmental awareness, an individual can develop the ability to choose a response to distressing situations and emotions instead of reacting with unhealthy behaviors and interpretations (Horesh & Gordon, 2018). Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) can help people learn to focus their attention, and with regular practice, they can learn to be aware of their present thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without negative judgements (Kabat-Zinn, 1990). Mindfulness is a holistic philosophy and way of being in the world, and it can be both a state (an experience) and a trait (a personality characteristic or disposition) (Kabat-Zinn, 2003). ![]()
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