Cognitive distortions as a mediator of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and psychological distress among college students.

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2024.2372584

Julie Newman Kingery, Travis I Schneider, Jamie S Bodenlos, Jack S Peltz, Molly D Moore, Katherine J Brown

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Abstract

Objective: This study examined the mediating role of cognitive distortions (CDs) in the relationship between dispositional mindfulness (DM) and psychological distress, and considered gender as a potential moderator of these mediation models.

Participants: Four hundred and forty-six college students (63.9% female; M = 20.52 years; 87.4% undergraduate, 12.6% graduate level) participated.

Methods: Self-report measures of DM, CDs, anxiety, depression, and perceived stress were completed with data collected from April to October of 2020.

Results: Females scored significantly higher than males on anxiety, depression, perceived stress, and CDs. CDs partially mediated the relationship between DM and all psychological distress variables. Gender moderated the mediation model predicting anxiety, with the indirect effect of DM on anxiety via CDs being stronger for females than males.

Conclusion: Results support CDs as a possible mechanism underlying the association between DM and psychological distress with implications for targeting cognitive patterns in mindfulness-based interventions with college students.

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认知扭曲是大学生倾向性正念与心理困扰之间关系的中介。

研究目的本研究考察了认知扭曲（CD）在倾向性正念（DM）和心理困扰之间的中介作用，并将性别视为这些中介模型的潜在调节因素：446名大学生（63.9%为女性；M=20.52岁；87.4%为本科生，12.6%为研究生）参加了此次研究：完成了对 DM、CD、焦虑、抑郁和感知压力的自我报告测量，数据收集时间为 2020 年 4 月至 10 月：女性在焦虑、抑郁、感知压力和 CDs 方面的得分明显高于男性。CD 部分调节了 DM 与所有心理困扰变量之间的关系。性别对预测焦虑的中介模型起到了调节作用，DM 通过 CD 对焦虑的间接影响对女性的作用比对男性的作用更大：结论：研究结果表明，"CD "可能是DM与心理困扰之间的一种关联机制，它对在正念干预中针对大学生的认知模式具有重要意义。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

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5.40

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12.50%

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388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.