Decentering, Acceptance, and Non-Attachment : Challenging the Question "Is It Me?"
Soler, Joaquim (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Montero-Marín, Jesús (University of Oxford. Department of Psychiatry)
Dominguez-Clave, Elisabet (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
González, Sara (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Pascual, Juan Carlos (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Cebolla Marti, Ausias (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición)
Demarzo, Marcelo (Mente Aberta - Brazilian Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion. Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP))
Analayo, Bhikkhu (University of Hamburg. Numata Center for Buddhist Studies)
Garcia-Campayo, Javier (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2021
Abstract:	Among mindfulness measures the three constructs acceptance, decentering, and non-attachment are psychometrically closely related, despite their apparent semantic differences. These three facets present robust psychometric features and can be considered core themes in most "third wave" clinical models. The aim of the present study was to explore the apparently different content domains (acceptance, decentering, and non-attachment) by administering various psychometric scales in a large sample of 608 volunteers. Resilience and depression were also assessed. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses performed in two randomly selected subsamples showed a bifactor approximation. The explained common variance suggested a unidimensional nature for the general factor, with good psychometric properties, which we named "Delusion of Me" (DoM). This construct is also strongly correlated with resilience and depression, and appears to be a solid latent general construct closely related to the concept of "ego. " DoM emerges as a potentially transdiagnostic construct with influence on well-being and clinical indexes such as resilience and depression. Further studies should analyze the potential utility of this new construct at a therapeutic level.
Note:	Altres ajuts: Wellcome Trust Grant (104908/Z/14/Z).
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Mindfulness ; Acceptance ; Decentering ; Non-attachment ; Depression ; Resilience
Published in:	Frontiers in psychiatry, Vol. 12 (november 2021) , p. 659835, ISSN 1664-0640

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.659835
PMID: 34867498

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