How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?

By W. Kuyken, E. Watkins, Emily Holden, K. White, R. Taylor, S. Byford, A. Evans, Sholto Radford, J. Teasdale, Tim Dalgleish. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2010

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. K. Neff
2. C. Germer
3. A. Chiesa
4. Amy Finlay‐Jones
5. W. Kuyken
6. Stefan G. Hofmann
7. J. Hayes
8. Rebecca A Janis

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. A. Chiesa
2. C. Germer
3. K. Neff
4. W. Kuyken
5. Dessa Bergen-Cico
6. Sanghyeon Cheon
7. J. Hayes
8. Rebecca A Janis

Citations in the corpus

• The effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for prevention of relapse in recurrent major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2011, neutral): “…mediated by improved meta-awareness (Hargus, Crane, Barnhofer, & Williams, 2010; Teasdale et al., 2002); increased mindfulness and self-compassion (Kuyken et al., 2010); decreased rumination (Shahar, Britton, Sbarra, Figueredo, & Bootzin, 2010); reduced cognitive reactivity (Raes, Dewulf, Van…”
• Comparing Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, and Psychological Inflexibility as Predictors of Psychological Health (2014, background): “2005, 2007), and may even mediate symptom improvement (Kuyken et al. 2010).”
• A pilot study and randomized controlled trial of the mindful self-compassion program. (2013, background): “There is also growing evidence that participation in MBSR and MBCT increases self-compassion (Birnie, Speca, Carlson, 2010; Kuyken et al., 2010; Lee & Bang, 2010; Rimes & Wingrove, 2011; Shapiro, Astin, Bishop, & Cordova, 2005; Shapiro, Brown, & Biegel, 2007).”
• A Comparison of Formal and Informal Mindfulness Programs for Stress Reduction in University Students (2015, background): “When studying changes in depression, previous mindfulness-based intervention research has also found mindfulness to be a significant mediator, in addition to self-compassion, worry, and rumination (Kuyken et al. 2010; van Aalderen et al. 2012).”
• Compassion in the landscape of suffering (2011, background): “There is now research showing not only that mindfulness-based interventions cultivate self-compassion, even in the absence of explicit compassion meditations, but that they are effective in alleviating suffering in part because they cultivate compassion (Kuyken et al. 2010).”
• Self-criticism as a mediator in the relationship between unhealthy perfectionism and distress (2015, background): “Self-compassion is often viewed as a key component within mindfulness (Kuyken et al., 2010) but is gaining increasing research attention within its own right (Neff, 2003a, 2003b).”
• Mentalizing in the Development and Treatment of Attachment Trauma (2013, background): “Further research explored the psychological mechanisms by which the mindfulness intervention exerted its effects (Kuyken et al., 2010).”
• Mindfulness: Awareness Informed by an Embodied Ethic (2014, neutral): “On the other hand, there are preliminary indications that development of attitudes like compassion may mediate the beneficial effects of mindfulness upon psychosocial benefits in clinical studies of mindfulness-based interventions (Kuyken et al., 2010).”
• Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-being (2017, background): “Clinical Implications Self-compassion appears to be a key mechanism of action in the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapeutic interventions (Baer, 2010), including Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (Kuyken et al., 2010).”
• Effects of a yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress: The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion (2012, neutral): “…of yoga-based programs could be based upon existing knowledge of mindfulness-based programs (i.e. that yoga-based interventions could improve depressive symptoms and psychological wellbeing; Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011; Kuyken et al., 2010; Shahar, Britton, Sbarra, Figueredo, & Bootzin, 2011).”
• Mindfulness and its relationship to emotional regulation. (2012, background): “Mindfulness traits or training have previously been related to factors associated with less emotional reactivity (Arch & Craske, 2010; Feldman et al., 2010; Kuyken et al., 2010; van den Hurk et al., 2010).”
• Mechanisms of Change in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Self-Compassion and Mindfulness as Mediators of Intervention Outcomes (2012, neutral): “In a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), an adaptation of MBSR was developed for recurrently depressed patients; the effects of MBCT on depressive symptoms were found to be mediated by changes in both mindfulness and self-compassion (Kuyken et al., 2010).”
• Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Health: A Review of Empirical Studies (2011, neutral): “…2008), rumination (Shapiro et al., 2008), cognitive reactivity (Raes et al., 2009), quality of life (Nyklíček & Kuipers, 2008), depressive symptoms (Kuyken et al., 2010; Shahar, Britton, Sbarra, Figueredo, & Bootzin, 2010), and behavioral regulation (Keng, Smoski, Robins, Ekblad, & Brantley, 2010).”