APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
‘Minding’ the Gap: How Beliefs about Emotions May Bridge the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Hazardous Drinking
- Katharine Burke
University of Arkansas - Jennifer Veilleux
University of Arkansas - Kayla Skinner
University of Arkansas
Abstract
The current study examined how mindfulness—paying attention in the present moment, without judgment—predicted hazardous drinking via specific beliefs about emotion. We found that the belief that emotions constrain behavior fully mediated the relationship between mindfulness and hazardous drinking.
Emotion
