The correlation between mindfulness and negative automatic thoughts in depression patients

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between mindfulness and negative automatic thoughts in depression patients. The sample of the study, which was conducted as a correlational descriptive study, was determined as 151 patients with depression via power analysis. The Descriptive Characteristics Form, "Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS),"and "Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-Negative (ATQ-N)" were used to collect the data. It was determined that the total mean score of the participants was 32.59 ± 8.55 in the MAAS and 109.06 ± 15.07 in the ATQ-N. In the study, it was found that there was a statistically negative strong correlation between mindfulness and negative automatic thoughts of patients with depression (p < 0.05). In the study, it was determined that the patients had higher negative automatic thoughts and lower mindfulness. Also, mindfulness accounted for negative automatic thoughts at the rate of 56%.