An Information-Processing Analysis of Mindfulness: Implications for Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Substance Abuse

By F. Breslin, M. Zack, S. McMain. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Do Mindfulness Meditation Participants Do Their Homework? And Does It Make a Difference? A Review of the Empirical Evidence (2009, background): “…avoidance, factors recognized as underlying and maintaining such disorders as anxiety, depression, addiction, and compulsive behaviors (Arch & Craske, 2006; Breslin et al., 2002; Segal et al., 2002; for a discussion of mechanisms in mindfulness, see also Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006).”
Emotion regulation and psychopathology: the role of gender. (2012, background): “…such as binge eating or binge drinking; some studies have found relationships between eating disorders or alcoholrelated disorders and difficulties in acceptance (Breslin et al. 2002, Kristeller et al. 2006, Marlatt et al. 2004) and problem-solving (Cooper et al. 1992, Van Boven & Espelage 2006).”
The Assessment of Present-Moment Awareness and Acceptance (2008, background): “with or avoiding, private events as they occur ( Breslin, Zack, & McMain, 2002 ).”
Coping with Cigarette Cravings: Comparison of Suppression Versus Mindfulness-Based Strategies (2011, background): “It has been suggested that the experience of repeatedly observing rather than reacting to one's urges may facilitate a greater sense of control over the actual decision to use a substance ( Breslin et al. 2002 ).”
Mindfulness : A proposed operational definition (2006, unknown): “substance abuse (Marlat, 2002; Breslin, Zack, & McMain, 2002 ) and eating disorders”
Mindfulness in Nature Enhances Connectedness and Mood (2019, unknown): “The benefits of practicing mindfulness appear to be derived from attention regulation and enhanced information processing, leading to more complex cognitions that allow for open-minded self-reflection (Bishop et al., 2004; Breslin, Zack, & McMain, 2002; Wells, 2002).”
Mindfulness‐based stress reduction and attentional control (2007, background): “For example, Breslin, Zack, and McMain (2002) suggested that mindfulness may help reduce substance abuse relapse by increasing conscious awareness and controlled processing of relapse triggers.”
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorders: A Pilot Efficacy Trial (2009, background): “In the event of a lapse, awareness and acceptance fostered by mindfulness may aid in recognition and minimization of the blame, guilt, and negative thinking that increase risk of relapse ( 37 ).”
Letting Go: Mindfulness and Negative Automatic Thinking (2008, background): “Cognitive theories of mindfulness (e.g., Breslin et al., 2002; Craske et al., 2002; Teasdale et al., 1995, 2002; Wells, 2002) describe this construct as a non-judging and de-centered form of awareness, and the practice of mindfulness involves observing but letting go of (i.e., not reacting in any…”