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      The Effects of a Short-term Mindfulness Meditation Intervention on Coping Flexibility

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          Abstract

          Background and objectives:

          Mindfulness meditation (MM) training promotes health and well-being. One potential mechanistic link between MM and health may be coping flexibility, (e.g. the ability to monitor and modify coping strategies based on situational needs and strategy effectiveness). We hypothesized that MM training would increase coping flexibility and also explored whether gains in coping flexibility continued to increase after training, or whether they were maintained or lost with time.

          Methods and Design:

          One hundred thirteen students (71 female, M age = 18.97) were randomly assigned to a waitlist control or MM condition. Participants in the MM condition were trained by a certified MM instructor and given guided recordings for one-week of at-home practice. Participants provided reports of coping flexibility over a three-week span.

          Results:

          Results from multilevel modeling indicated that MM increased coping flexibility among those in the MM condition and among those who spent relatively more time meditating. Results further suggested that the gains in coping flexibility that were evident at post-test were not only maintained but increased in the two weeks after the intervention.

          Conclusions:

          This study provides preliminary support for the assertion that MM increases the ability to monitor and modify coping strategies during times of stress.

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          Journal
          9212242
          33889
          Anxiety Stress Coping
          Anxiety Stress Coping
          Anxiety, stress, and coping
          1061-5806
          1477-2205
          10 November 2019
          30 March 2019
          July 2019
          01 July 2020
          : 32
          : 4
          : 347-361
          Affiliations
          Western Washington University
          Author notes

          Author Note

          Dusti R. Jones, Department of Psychology, Western Washington University; Barbara J. Lehman, Department of Psychology, Western Washington University; Alysia Noriega, Department of Psychology, Western Washington University; Dale L. Dinnel, Department of Psychology, Western Washington University.

          Dusti R. Jones is now at Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University.

          Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dusti Jones, Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. dmj5352@ 123456psu.edu
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          PMC6900869 PMC6900869 6900869 nihpa1534812
          10.1080/10615806.2019.1596672
          6900869
          30929458
          8ca3b832-5137-4197-9b0e-9a9c9af9605e
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          multilevel modeling,health,dispositional mindfulness,stress,coping flexibility

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