Dispositional Mindfulness Co-varies with Self-Reported Positive Reappraisal.
Adam W. Hanley, Eric L Garland
Personality and Individual Differences August 1, 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.014 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study (secondary analysis across five samples) Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 819 |
| Population | American adults, contemplative practitioners, college students, chronic pain outpatients, and alcohol-dependent inpatients |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Dispositional mindfulness was positively related to self-reported positive reappraisal in all five samples and in a combined analysis (N=819). Controlling for psychological well-being, positive affect, and positive refocusing, the authors report evidence that mindfulness is uniquely associated with positive reappraisal. They argue this challenges traditional Western conceptualizations of mindfulness as non-discursive. |
Abstract
Emerging research suggests that mindfulness is associated with positive reappraisal and that mindfulness practice may be a means of encouraging positive reappraisal capacities. These findings, linking mindfulness with the promotion of cognitive coping strategies, challenge traditional Western conceptualizations of mindfulness as non-discursive. This study explored the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and self-reported positive reappraisal across five distinct samples: a general sample of American adults, contemplative practitioners, college students chronic pain outpatients, and alcohol dependent inpatient. Results indicate that dispositional mindfulness is positively related with self-reported positive reappraisal in all five studies as well as in an aggregated analysis combining all five studies. Furthermore, a second set of analyses statistically controlling for factors previously associated with positive reappraisal (i.e., psychological well-being, positive affect, and positive refocusing), provided evidence that mindfulness is uniquely associated with self-reported positive reappraisal. While more research is needed to refine our understanding of the relationship between mindfulness and positive reappraisal, the present investigation contributes to the growing evidence base supporting the hypothesized link between dispositional mindfulness and self-reported reappraisal by demonstrating a significant association between these constructs across a variety of samples and in the largest combined dataset on this phenomenon collected to date (N=819).
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Using Self-Report Assessment Methods to Explore Facets of Mindfulness Undergraduate students | 2006 | Observational cohort | |
| Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders Patients with generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder with or without agoraphobia | 1992 | Observational cohort | n = 22 |
| Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness Participants with extensive Insight meditation experience and matched controls | 2005 | Observational cohort | n = 20 |
| Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity Experienced meditators and matched meditation-naive controls | 2011 | Observational cohort | |
| Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice Long-term Buddhist practitioners and controls | 2004 | Observational cohort |
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