BLACKSBURG, Va., July 6 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
A new study from Virginia Tech suggests patterns of repetitive negative thinking explain how anxiety develops into deeper stress for caregivers of people living with dementia, and that mindfulness training may help identify and interrupt that progression.
"Our hypothesis centered on rumination - that mental habit of replaying worries, going over the same difficult moments again and again without resolution," said Tina Savla, professor of human development and family science and lead author of the study. "We wanted to know two things: first, whether rumination is the cognitive bridge that carries anxiety into deeper distress, a...