Secure attachment and autonomy orientation may foster mindfulness

Shoulda’ Put a Ring on It: Investigating Adult Attachment, Relationship Status, Anxiety, Mindfulness, and Resilience in Romantic Relationships

“…Mindfulness and resilience were not found to significantly predict attachment avoidance, as the main analyses could not be examined as both mindfulness and resilience did not significantly correlate with attachment avoidance. This was not anticipated as previous research as shown a negative relationship between attachment avoidance and mindfulness [18] and ego-resiliency (Caldwell & Shaver, 2012) [21]. It is possible that this occurred due to different sampling and methodological issues in the present study compared to previous research.…”

“…Additionally, a recent study by Leigh and Anderson [18] investigated the potential contribution of adult attachment to self-reported mindfulness. In particular, the researchers were interested in examining how university students who had not received mindfulness training developed the mindfulness tendencies that they reported.…”

“…The researchers investigated whether attachment theory assisted in understanding the development of mindfulness and concluded that the orthogonal dimensions of attachment anxiety and avoidance did in fact negatively predict mindfulness. In terms of methodological considerations, Leigh and Anderson measured mindfulness and attachment from the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire [19] and the Experiences in Close Relationships [11] respectively, and it is therefore of interest to the present study to determine if the findings from Leigh and Andersons [18] study can be replicated using the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory [20] and the ECR-S [12].…”

The Relationship Between Insecure Attachment Patterns and Psychopathological Symptoms: The Mediating Role of General Causality Orientations

“…The effects of early life experiences by predicting attachment styles have been emphasized in several studies examining of developing individuals (Leigh & Anderson, 2013;Örsel et al, 2011). Although the attachment style and causality orientations might be seen unrelated at first, mindfulness has demonstrated related to each other (Leigh & Anderson, 2013). Ryan et al (2007) suggest a bidirectional relationship between secure attachment and mindfulness.…”

“…Mindfulness and secure attachment fostering the development of each other (Leigh & Anderson, 2013). If the child develops a sense of autonomy in the early stage of life, learns to act in ways that are in accord with their own internal motivation (Leigh & Anderson, 2013).…”