title: Mindfulness mediates the relation between disordered eating-related cognitions and psychological distress.
abstract: The present study investigated whether mindfulness mediates the relation between disordered eating-related cognitions and negative psychological outcomes within a non-clinical college sample. Disordered eating-related cognitions were positively associated with general psychological ill-health and emotional distress in interpersonal contexts and inversely related to mindfulness. Mindfulness, which was also inversely related to general psychological ill-health and emotional distress, was found to partially mediate the relations between disordered eating-related cognitions and the two predicted variables.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. psyaxm@langate.gsu.edu
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Johanna W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wendell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001828:Body Image; D003071:Cognition; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires