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Natural Mindfulness and Anxiety

Some researchers believe that mindfulness is a natural state, so they searched for predictors of mindfulness. Predictors they looked at included openness to experience and attentional control. During their study they looked at trait anxiety, attachment anxiety and attentional control. Due to anxiety blocking many of the predictors they tested for, it was concluded that anxiety (both specific and general) is agonistic to mindfulness. So, because anxiety turns anxious people away from mindfulness, it makes sense to help treat anxiety with mindfulness-based interventions.

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Updated 2022-03-07

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