Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness

Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships

Phillip R. Shaver¹  Jon G. Caldwell² 

[1] Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USA;The Meadows Treatment Center, Wickenburg, Arizona, USA;

关键词: mindfulness;    attachment;    adult attachment;    rumination;    thought suppression;    attentional control;    emotion;    emotion regulation;   

DOI  :  10.5964/ijpr.v7i2.133

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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