title: Impact of mindfulness training on attentional control and anger regulation processes for psychotherapists in training.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Little empirical literature focuses on psychotherapists' cultivation of internal states of mind necessary for controlling attention and responding empathically to the client. We explore the effects of mindfulness training on emotional and attentional measures in Spanish resident intern psychiatrists and clinical psychologists.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and three residents were assigned to an experimental group (n = 60) that completed an 8-week mindfulness training versus a wait-list control group (n = 43). We evaluated emotional variables (sadness, anxiety, and anger, using standard instruments), state of mindfulness (using the Mindfulness Awareness Attention Scale), and attentional control variables using objective measures such as a continuous performance task and the Stroop task before and after mindfulness training.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our study provides data that suggest that mindfulness training significantly improves measures of trait anger and attentional control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research is needed to replicate these findings, explore the effects of mindfulness training on other aspects of emotional regulation and cognition, and evaluate the impact of these effects within clinical situations.
authors.affiliation: a Psychiatry , La Paz University Hospital. Idipaz , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Vega
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melero-Llorente
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bayon Perez
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cebolla
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mira
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valverde
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández-Liria
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger / Q000502:physiology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000193:education*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000193:education; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*