A meta-analysis of the association between mindfulness and motivation

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Yi Wang¹  Wen-ting Hu²  Hai-yue Li²  Li-ying Li²  Jia-cheng Luo²  Tian-hua Cheng²  Xue Meng²  Jia-sen Geng²  Yan-yu Wang²  Ming-yu Hu² 

[1] Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China;Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;School of Psychology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China;

关键词: mindfulness;    motivation;    intrinsic motivation;    extrinsic motivation;    amotivation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1159902

 received in 2023-02-07, accepted in 2023-07-17,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionMindfulness reflects attention to the present moment in a non-judgmental way and has been linked to individual autonomy and motivation, but conclusions are inconsistent. The purpose of this review was to summarize previous studies to explore the relationship between mindfulness and motivation and its intervention effects.MethodsLiterature searches were conducted in five electronic databases. Both correlational studies assessing the association between motivation and mindfulness and experimental studies to verify the effect of intervention were included.ResultsSix papers with seven intervention studies and twenty-three papers with twenty-seven correlational studies met the inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis showed that mindfulness was positively correlated with intrinsic motivation (r = 0.28, p < 0.0001) and total motivation (r = 0.37, p < 0.0001) but had no significant correlation with extrinsic motivation (r = 0.01, p = 0.93) or amotivation (r = −0.17, p = 0.14). Effect-size estimates suggested that mindfulness intervention was beneficial to motivation promotion, but the effect was at a low level (g = 0.12).ConclusionWe found consistent support for mindfulness practice relating to motivation promotion, especially on intrinsic motivation development. However, there was still a portion of heterogeneity that could not be explained and needed to be identified in future studies.

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