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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

  • KOREAN
  • P-ISSN1229-070X
  • E-ISSN2713-9581
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The Mediating Effect of Mental Imagery on the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Reaction to Everyday Cravings

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2017, v.22 no.3, pp.587-601
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2017.22.3.007



Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effects of mental imagery abilities, which included imagery vividness and spontaneous use of imagery, on the relationship between trait mindfulness and everyday cravings. 384 male and female adults completed the Korean version of the Five-Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire(FFMQ), the Korean version of the Emotional and Behavioral Reaction to Intrusions Questionnaire(EBRIQ), the Korean version of the Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery-Shortened(QMI-S) and the Korean version of the Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale(SUIS). A correlational and regression analysis was conducted. The results show that there was a statistically significant negative relationship between trait mindfulness and reaction to craving, but a positive relationship between trait mindfulness and both of the imagery abilities. Also, there was a significant negative relationship between both of the imagery abilities and the reaction to craving. The imagery vividness, not the spontaneous use of imagery, partially mediated the relationship between trait mindfulness and everyday cravings. The implications about mindfulness-based interventions for cravings and suggestions for future research were discussed.

keywords
갈망, 갈망 반응, 마음챙김 특성, 심상능력, craving, reaction to craving, mindfulness, imagery ability

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