Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 2, 2025

Combining Behavior and EEG to Study the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Episodic Memory
Published on: May 11, 2020
Interaction of mediation and moderation effects of positivity, cognitive fusion, brooding and mindfulness
A Vancappel1, R Courtois2, C Réveillère3
1Pôle de psychiatrie-addictologie, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Département de psychologie, EE 1901 qualipsy, qualité de vie et santé psychologique, université de Tours, Tours, France; Inserm, UMR 1253, iBrain, université de Tours, Tours, France.
Introduction:
Currently, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) targets multiple cognitive processes. However, only a few studies have focused on the interaction among these processes. Preliminary studies have identified a moderation effect of rumination on the link between thought content and emotional difficulties, and a mediation effect of ruminations on the link between mindfulness and emotional difficulties.
Method:
We recruited 236 participants (185 women) who consented online to participate by choosing to either continue with the study or decline to proceed. They completed a battery of questionnaires online, namely Positivity scale, General Health Questionnaire, Rumination Response Scale, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire.
Results:
All cognitive processes were significantly correlated with emotional distress. Step-by-step linear regression analysis revealed that positivity, cognitive fusion and brooding were significant independent predictors of emotional difficulties. Bootstrapping analysis confirmed that cognitive fusion and brooding mediate the link between mindfulness and depression and anxiety-insomnia. They also demonstrated that cognitive fusion moderates the link between positivity and depression but not anxiety-insomnia.
Conclusion:
Cognitive processes interact with each other. Taken together, these results suggest that combining cognitive interventions is not useful and that different cognitive interventions may be selected depending on the patient's profile.
More Related Videos
12:55Multimodal Protocol for Assessing Metacognition and Self-Regulation in Adults with Learning Difficulties
Published on: September 27, 2020
12:22Mindfulness in Motion MIM: An Onsite Mindfulness Based Intervention MBI for Chronically High Stress Work Environments to Increase Resiliency and Work Engagement
Published on: July 1, 2015
Related Concept Videos
The Influence of Affect on Cognition
The Influence of Cognition on Affect
Introspection
The Scientific Method
Cognitive Theories: Lazarus Mediational Theory of Emotion
Cognitive Appraisal and Emotional Response
Lazarus proposed that...
Framing Effects