Mindfulness-based intervention on distressing hallucination-like experiences in a nonclinical sample

Álvaro I. Langer, Adolfo J. Cangas, José Gallego

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The presence of psychotic-like experiences in the general population has been amply reported. Nevertheless, the degree of concern or anxiety that such experiences may generate is an aspect that has not received as much appraisal. In this sense, mindfulness is an approach to intervention based on the modification of the individual's relationship with the symptoms, instead of their elimination. The goal of the present study is to compare the effect of mindfulness training on distressing hallucination-like experiences. Eighteen participants were assigned to the experimental group, and they received 8 sessions of mindfulness training; 20 participants were assigned to a control group that viewed 8 sessions of a video forum. The results showed that upon completing the mindfulness training, there was a significant and large effect on the decrease of anxiety caused by hallucination-like experiences. These results were maintained at the 16-week follow-up. The repercussions of these results are underlined.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)176-183
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónBehaviour Change
Volumen27
N.º3
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2010
Publicado de forma externa

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by FPU Scholarship from Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (AP/2007–02810) awarded to the first author and a research project supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (SEJ2006-02342/PSIC) awarded to the second author.

Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus

  • Psicología experimental y cognitiva
  • Psicología clínica

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