title: Cognitive processes mediate the relation between mindfulness and social anxiety within a clinical sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The researchers investigated the relation between mindfulness and social anxiety symptoms, and examined whether this relation is mediated by cognitive appraisals commonly associated with social anxiety.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-eight individuals diagnosed with social phobia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a cross-sectional design, ordinary least squares regression and bootstrapping mediation analyses were used to test the study hypotheses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mindfulness was negatively related to symptoms of social anxiety. This relation was partially mediated by cognitive appraisals about the likelihood and cost of a negative social outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research using a longitudinal design and other measures of mindfulness is needed to replicate these findings and further explicate the mechanism by which mindfulness might be associated with negative cognitive appraisals.
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Stefan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Schmertz
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Page L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D055815:Young Adult