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The relationship between mindfulness, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. Bergmann ,
E. Hahn ,
I.M. Hahne ,
M. Zierhut ,
T.M.T. Ta ,
M. Bajbouj ,
M. Pijnenborg  and
K. Böge
N. Bergmann*
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
E. Hahn
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
I.M. Hahne
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
M. Zierhut
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
T.M.T. Ta
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
M. Bajbouj
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
M. Pijnenborg
Affiliation:
Faculty Of Behavioral And Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
K. Böge
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Mindfulness-based interventions have received growing attention over the last years for the treatment of various mental disorders, including schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD), demonstrating their transdiagnostic validity. However, no study has examined the relationship of probable mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of mindfulness in SSD.

Objectives

The current study examines the relationship between mindfulness, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in individuals with SSD through quantitative measures.

Methods

A total of 83 participants with SSD were recruited at the in- and outpatient facility of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany. Participants completed the Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire, Comprehensive Inventory for Mindful Experiences, and Freiburger Mindfulness Inventory, the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire. PROCESS analysis examined the relationship between mindfulness and quality of life and the mediating role of depression and anxiety.

Results

Indicated a significant positive association between mindfulness and physical health, psychological and environmental quality of life. Depression and anxiety were found to mediate this relationship, with higher depression and anxiety scores being related to lower mindfulness and quality of life. In this relationship, however, depression was found to be the stronger predictor.

Conclusions

The findings of this study provide insight into the mechanisms of mindfulness. Initial evidence for the transdiagnostic and process-based clinical relevance of MBIs for SSD has been found and future studies can further explore the role of mindfulness for central therapeutic processes of change by employing longitudinal designs.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

DepressionAnxietymindfulnessSchizophrenia spectrum disorders
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S786
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