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KMID : 1159120140210030395
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Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology
2014 Volume.21 No. 3 p.395 ~ p.411
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The Mediating Role of Mindfulness in the Relationship of Dysfunctional Automatic Anger Thoughts and Anger Expression
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Kim Mi-Hyeon
Lee Dong-Hyung
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Abstract
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This study investigated the mediating effect of mindfulness on the relationship between dysfunctional automatic anger thoughts and dysfunctional anger expression (i.e., anger-in and anger-out). A total of 254 undergraduate students recruited from a university in a metropolitan city in the southeast of Korea completed the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-Korean (STAXI-K), Automatic Anger Thoughts Scale, and Korean version of Five-Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Correlational and multiple regression analyses revealed that mindfulness was negatively correlated to anger-in and dysfunctional automatic anger thoughts, but not with anger-out. Mindfulness partially mediated the relationship between dysfunctional automatic anger thoughts and anger-in. It was also found that three of five mindfulness facets (i.e., "describing", "acting with awareness", and “non-judging of experience”) have unique contributions to anger-in. Implications and suggestions for future research were also discussed in the study.
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KEYWORD
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Mindfulness, Dysfunctional Automatic Anger Thoughts, Dysfunctional Anger Expression
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