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ARTIGO ORIGINAL • Psic.: Teor. e Pesq. 32 (2) • 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-3772e322216 linkcopy

Open-access Brief Meditation and the Interaction between Emotional Interference and Anxiety1

Meditação breve e a interação entre interferência emocional e ansiedade

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    ABSTRACT

    This pilot study assessed the effects of a five day focused meditation training on the interplay between emotional interference and anxiety in a non clinical sample randomized into two groups (experimental=13; control=18). Emotional interference was indexed comparing the reaction times in an attention span task with negative or neutral distracting images. Anxiety experienced during the task was also assessed through self-report. Only in the control group higher anxiety levels interacted with greater emotional interference and a worse evaluation of valence and arousal of emotional images. These preliminary findings suggest that meditation may help modulating anxiety effects on bias to negative stimuli, and that even a short training may facilitate self-regulatory processes.

    Keywords: meditation; emotional interference; anxiety; self-regulatory processes

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