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The correlation between mindfulness and negative automatic thoughts in depression patients
Mehmet O Ayhan1, Funda Kavak Budak1
1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Inonu Unıversıty, Malatya, Turkey.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between mindfulness and negative automatic thoughts in depression patients.
Design And Methods:
The sample of the study, which was conducted as a correlational descriptive study, was determined as 151 patients with depression via power analysis. The Descriptive Characteristics Form, "Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)," and "Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-Negative (ATQ-N)" were used to collect the data.
Findings:
It was determined that the total mean score of the participants was 32.59 ± 8.55 in the MAAS and 109.06 ± 15.07 in the ATQ-N. In the study, it was found that there was a statistically negative strong correlation between mindfulness and negative automatic thoughts of patients with depression (p < 0.05).
Practice Implications:
In the study, it was determined that the patients had higher negative automatic thoughts and lower mindfulness. Also, mindfulness accounted for negative automatic thoughts at the rate of 56%.
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