Mindfulness, psychological flexibility and their relationship with psychopathology in persons with schizophrenia-spectrum-disorders and healthy controls - A multicenter cross-sectional study.
Psychiatry research December 1, 2023 Kerem Böge, David J Hallford, Matthias Pillny 9 citations
People with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) report lower mindfulness and psychological flexibility than healthy controls. Among 43 SSD patients and 43 controls, higher mindfulness was linked to greater psychological flexibility, anticipatory pleasure, and behavioral activation, and to fewer depressive and negative symptoms. Psychological flexibility was associated with lower depressive and negative symptoms and more anticipatory pleasure and behavioral activation. The findings suggest that interventions targeting mindfulness and psychological flexibility may help reduce amotivational symptoms in SSD.