NCT05981248

Experiential Avoidance as the Mechanism of Mindfulness Intervention in Reducing Emotional Distress: Daily Dairy Research

Experiential Avoidance as the Mechanism of Mindfulness Based Intervention in Reducing Emotional Distress: Daily Dairy Research

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Peking University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study hopes to: 1. explore whether three weeks of MIED could promote experiential avoidance. 2. explore experiential avoidance could be a mediation of outcomes of MIED.

Detailed description

Experiential avoidance refers to individuals resisting experiences or trying to eliminate certain experiences (such as emotions, thoughts, physical feelings, memory and behavioral tendencies, etc.), and trying to adopt corresponding strategies to change these experiences and the situations in which the experiences are generated (Hayes, Wilson, Gifford, Follette, \& Strosahl, 1996). Experiential avoidance has been proved to be a maintenance factor for many psychological disorders (Boelen \& Reijntjes, 2008), and trying to hide or suppress unpleasant thoughts, feelings and physical feelings will increase the frequency and pain of these same experiences (Gross,1998; Gross,2002; Sloan, 2004; Wegner, 1994). According to some reviews, experiential avoidance is one of the beneficial effects of mindfulness (Brown, Bravo, Roos, \& Pearson, 2015; Shapiro et al., 2006). However, no study has examined experiential avoidance as mediator in mindfulness intervention whether in the between-subject or in within-subject level . Therefore, this study uses daily diary research explore the role of experiential avoidance as the effective mechanism of mindfulness intervention.

Conditions

• Emotional Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress	Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress (MIED) program provide standard audio instructions for mindfulness exercises, introduce the nature and law of anxiety, depression and other emotions, the source of anxiety, depression and other emotional distress, and the strategies and methods to alleviate emotional distress. These exercises, knowledge and strategies are based on the latest progress in the field of psychological counseling and treatment, and their application in daily life can help alleviate anxiety, depression and other emotional problems.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-15
• Primary completion: 2023-11-30
• Completion: 2023-11-30
• First posted: 2023-08-08
• Last updated: 2023-08-08