Dispositional Mindfulness, Spirituality, and Substance Use in Predicting Depressive Symptoms in a Treatment-Seeking Sample: Mindfulness, Spirituality, and Depression
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Short Title:
Dispositional Mindfulness, Spirituality, and Substance Use in Predicting Depressive Symptoms in a Treatment-Seeking Sample
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
2015/04//
Pages:
334 - 345
Sources ID:
65456
Collection:
Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Depression
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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ObjectiveIt is imperative that research identifies factors related to depression among individuals in substance use treatment, as depression is associated with substance use relapse. Dispositional mindfulness and spirituality may bear an important role in the relationship between depression and substance use.
Method
Using preexisting patient medical records (N = 105), the current study investigated dispositional mindfulness and spirituality in relation to depressive symptom clusters (affective, cognitive, and physiological) among men in residential substance use treatment. The mean age of the sample was 41.03 (standard deviation = 10.75).
Results
Findings demonstrated that dispositional mindfulness and spirituality were negatively associated with depressive symptoms. After controlling for age, alcohol use, and drug use, dispositional mindfulness remained negatively associated with all of the depression clusters. Spirituality only remained associated with the cognitive depression cluster.
Conclusion
Mindfulness‐based interventions may hold promise as an effective intervention for reducing substance use and concurrent depressive symptoms.