title: Cognitive and affective mechanisms linking trait mindfulness to craving among individuals in addiction recovery.
abstract: The present study aimed to identify affective, cognitive, and conative mediators of the relation between trait mindfulness and craving in data culled from an urban sample of 165 persons (in abstinence verified by urinalysis) entering into residential treatment for substance use disorders between 2010 and 2012. Multivariate path analysis adjusting for age, gender, education level, employment status, and substance use frequency indicated that the association between the total trait mindfulness score on the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and alcohol/drug craving was statistically mediated by negative affect (measured by the PANAS, beta = -.13) and cognitive reappraisal (measured by the CERQ, beta = -.08), but not by readiness to change (measured by the URICA, beta = -.001). Implications for mindfulness-oriented treatment of persons with substance use disorders are discussed. The study's limitations are noted.
authors.affiliation: 1College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City , Utah , USA.
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Garland
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roberts-Lewis
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tronnier
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hanley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001288:Attention; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012114:Residential Treatment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires