Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness
The capacity to be mindfully aware of the present moment without judgment is associated with a number of positive psychological and physiological outcomes. Experiences in attachment relationships are related to specific cognitive-emotional patterns that may contribute to dispositional mindfulness. A...
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| description | The capacity to be mindfully aware of the present moment without judgment is associated with a number of positive psychological and physiological outcomes. Experiences in attachment relationships are related to specific cognitive-emotional patterns that may contribute to dispositional mindfulness. A sample of adults (N = 93) completed questionnaires regarding adult attachment, rumination, thought suppression, attentional control, and mindfulness. Attachment-related avoidance predicted lower levels of mindfulness, a relation mediated by thought suppression and poorer attentional control. Attachment-related anxiety also predicted lower levels of mindfulness, a relation mediated by rumination and poorer attentional control. The results suggest that in the context of insecure attachment relationships thought suppression and rumination defend against personal and interpersonal losses by deactivating (in the case of avoidance) or hyperactivating (in the case of anxiety) the attachment system. These habitual defensive patterns may be important links between adult attachment orientations and mindfulness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4e805b33c14476385dc2a2a09822a2b2023-01-02T10:25:25ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships1981-64722013-12-017229931010.5964/ijpr.v7i2.133ijpr.v7i2.133Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and MindfulnessJon G. Caldwell0Phillip R. Shaver1The Meadows Treatment Center, Wickenburg, Arizona, USADepartment of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USAThe capacity to be mindfully aware of the present moment without judgment is associated with a number of positive psychological and physiological outcomes. Experiences in attachment relationships are related to specific cognitive-emotional patterns that may contribute to dispositional mindfulness. A sample of adults (N = 93) completed questionnaires regarding adult attachment, rumination, thought suppression, attentional control, and mindfulness. Attachment-related avoidance predicted lower levels of mindfulness, a relation mediated by thought suppression and poorer attentional control. Attachment-related anxiety also predicted lower levels of mindfulness, a relation mediated by rumination and poorer attentional control. The results suggest that in the context of insecure attachment relationships thought suppression and rumination defend against personal and interpersonal losses by deactivating (in the case of avoidance) or hyperactivating (in the case of anxiety) the attachment system. These habitual defensive patterns may be important links between adult attachment orientations and mindfulness.http://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/133mindfulnessattachmentadult attachmentruminationthought suppressionattentional controlemotionemotion regulation |
| spellingShingle | Jon G. Caldwell Phillip R. Shaver Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships mindfulness attachment adult attachment rumination thought suppression attentional control emotion emotion regulation |
| title | Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness |
| title_full | Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness |
| title_fullStr | Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness |
| title_short | Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness |
| title_sort | mediators of the link between adult attachment and mindfulness |
| topic | mindfulness attachment adult attachment rumination thought suppression attentional control emotion emotion regulation |
| url | http://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/133 |
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