title: Changes in facets of mindfulness and posttraumatic stress disorder treatment outcome.
abstract: Though there has been a recent surge of interest in the relations between facets of mindfulness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), there has been a dearth of empirical studies investigating the impact of changes in facets of mindfulness on PTSD treatment outcomes. The present study tested the prospective associations between pre- to post-treatment changes in facets of mindfulness and PTSD and depression severity at treatment discharge, among 48 military Veterans in residential PTSD treatment adhering to a cognitive-behavioral framework. Together, changes in facets of mindfulness significantly explained post-treatment PTSD and depression severity (19-24% of variance). Changes in acting with awareness explained unique variance in post-treatment PTSD severity and changes in nonjudgmental acceptance explained unique variance in post-treatment depression severity. These results remained significant after adjusting for shared variance with length of treatment stay.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Evaluation, Menlo Park, CA, USA; VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA. matthew.t.boden@gmail.com
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tyler Boden
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Robyn D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Walser
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: Marcel O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Bonn-Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology