Relationship Mindfulness Profiles and Their Association With Personal and Relational Well‐Being: A Person‐Centered Analysis at Individual, Dyadic, and Program Levels
Ziying Wang, Julianne McGill, Francesca Adler‐Baeder
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2027 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70182 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study using latent profile analysis Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 1,181 |
| Population | Different-gender couples |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Latent profile analyses identified three individual relationship-mindfulness profiles (high, average, low) and two dyadic profiles (generally high, discrepantly low), distinguished mainly by overall level. High-mindfulness individuals and couples reported the highest personal and relational well-being, low-mindfulness profiles the lowest, and the discrepantly low dyadic profile showed greater well-being improvements after couple relationship education than the generally high profile. The authors suggest relationship mindfulness is relatively unified within individuals and partners show broad concordance in overall levels. |
Abstract
ABSTRACT: This study adopted a person‐centered approach to identify profiles of relationship mindfulness at individual and couple levels and examine their associations with personal and relational well‐being, demographic characteristics, and responses to couple relationship education (CRE). Using 1181 different‐gender couples, latent profile analyses identified three individual profiles (high, average, and low) and two dyadic profiles (generally high and discrepantly low). Across both levels, profiles were primarily distinguished by overall levels. Individuals and couples in the high‐mindfulness profiles reported the highest well‐being, whereas those in the low‐mindfulness profiles showed the lowest. Gender and parental status were significantly related to profile membership. Couples in the discrepantly low mindfulness profile showed greater improvements in well‐being following CRE than those in the generally high profile. Overall, the findings suggest that relationship mindfulness acts as a relatively unified construct within individuals, and partners tend to show broad concordance in their overall levels of relationship mindfulness.
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 |