Chain mediation of rumination and anxiety state between mindfulness and depressed mood in infertile women.
Scientific reports April 23, 2025 Shiqi Luo, Biru Luo, Zihang Wei et al. 2 citations
In a cross-sectional study of 946 infertile women in western China, higher mindfulness was linked to lower depressed mood, both directly and indirectly through reduced rumination and anxiety. The total effect of mindfulness on depressed mood was -0.390; the direct path was -0.170, and indirect paths accounted for 56.4% of the total effect. A chain mediation path from mindfulness through rumination thinking and anxiety state to depressed mood was significant, with an effect of -0.075. Mindfulness appears to protect against depressed mood in infertile women partly by decreasing rumination and anxiety.