Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Flashcards
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A CART client says mindfulness feels 'selfish' because it requires time away from family obligations. The BEST therapeutic reframe is:
Answer: Explain that regulated emotional capacity directly benefits family relationships
Reframing self-care as improving relational capacity addresses the client's values system while maintaining the therapeutic rationale for practice.
The 'stress reactivity cycle' that MBSR aims to interrupt begins with which first step?
Answer: A triggering stressor or perception
The cycle starts with perception of a stressor, which then activates physiological arousal and subsequent thought-behavior patterns.
Loving-kindness meditation (metta) is sometimes added to MBSR protocols for anger therapy because it specifically cultivates:
Answer: Compassionate goodwill toward oneself and others, counteracting hostility
Metta practice systematically generates warmth and goodwill, directly counteracting the hostile cognitive-affective patterns underlying chronic anger.
A CART client achieves calm during formal meditation but remains explosive in daily life. The MOST likely therapeutic issue is:
Answer: Mindfulness has not yet been generalized to informal daily practice
Generalization from formal practice to informal mindfulness in real-world situations is essential and requires deliberate training.
In MBSR, 'non-attachment' to outcomes during practice MOST directly helps anger management clients by:
Answer: Reducing the evaluative judgment of whether they are 'doing it right' that creates secondary frustration
Clients who judge their meditation performance create secondary stress reactions; non-attachment releases this self-evaluative pressure.
Which outcome measure is MOST commonly used in research to assess the effectiveness of MBSR for anger reduction?
Answer: State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI)
The STAXI measures state anger, trait anger, and anger expression styles, making it the standard instrument in MBSR-anger research.
The MBSR technique of 'STOP' (Stop, Take a breath, Observe, Proceed) is BEST classified as:
Answer: An informal mindfulness micro-practice for real-time anger situations
STOP is an informal mindfulness tool designed to create a brief pause and awareness in the midst of daily anger-triggering situations.