Social Foundations of the Capacity for Mindfulness: An Attachment Perspective

Shaver, Phillip R.; Lavy, Shiri; Saron, Clifford D.; Mikulincer, Mario

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“…In studying seventy people who attended a three month meditation retreat, Shaver et al (2007) found that total mindfulness scores, measured by the Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer 2006) were negatively correlated with both attachment anxiety (p \ .01) and avoidant attachment (p \ .01) as measured by the Experiences in Close Relationships scale (ECR; Brennan et al 1998). Results also indicated that attachment-anxious individuals were less able to be nonjudgmental and avoidant individuals were less able to be mindful, when compared with secure attachment participants.…”

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Relational Aspects of Mindfulness: Implications for the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy

Gambrel

Keeling

2010

Contemp Fam Ther

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Research has demonstrated the benefits of mindfulness interventions with individuals, including connections to increased life satisfaction, and positive affect. Mindfulness has effectively treated anxiety, borderline personality disorder, depression, chronic pain, and addiction. Recent studies show the positive effects of mindfulness on relationship satisfaction, empathy development, and skillful communication. We explore the potential benefits for integrating mindfulness, defined as nonjudgmental awareness, into the practice of marriage and family therapy. We argue that mindfulness may be useful with couples and families to improve communication, emotional regulation, empathy, and relationship well-being. Finally, we discuss practical ways of applying mindfulness in family therapy.

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Section: Mindfulness For Couplesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Relational Aspects of Mindfulness: Implications for the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy

Gambrel

Keeling

2010

Contemp Fam Ther

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“…The significance of this lies in understanding the role of internal working models in perpetuating poorer outcomes, even across generations (Alhusen, Hayat, & Gross, 2013;Burke, 2003) and gives meaning to intervention studies identifying the positive impact of mindfulness on mental health and relationships (Barnes, Brown, Krusemark, Campbell, & Rogge, 2007;Brown, et al, 2007;Carson, Carson, Gil, & Baucom, 2007;Shaver, Lavy, Saron, & Mikulincer, 2007).…”

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Mindfulness and emotional regulation as sequential mediators in the relationship between attachment security and depression

Pickard

Caputi

Grenyer

2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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. (2016). Mindfulness and emotional regulation as sequential mediators in the relationship between attachment security and depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 99 179-183. Mindfulness and emotional regulation as sequential mediators in the relationship between attachment security and depression AbstractDepression is a significant global health issue that has previously been associated with negative early care experiences and insecure attachment styles. This has led to much interest in identifying variables that may interrupt this relationship and prevent detrimental personal, social and economic outcomes. Recent research has indicated associations between the two seemingly distinct constructs of secure attachment and mindfulness, with similar positive outcomes. One hundred and forty eight participants completed an online survey exploring a possible sequential cognitive processing model, which predicted that higher levels of mindfulness and then emotional regulation would mediate the relationship between attachment and depression. Full mediation was found in regards to secure, preoccupied and dismissive attachment, whereas partial mediation was identified in the case of fearful attachment. The results support the possibility of an alternative cognitive processing pathway that may interrupt the association between negative early care experiences and concomitant negative mental health outcomes. Further exploration of this relationship is indicated.

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“…In a separate sample, they found that dispositional mindfulness was inversely correlated with attachment-related avoidance and anxiety, and trait anxiety and attachment-related anxiety (but not avoidance) predicted diminished mindfulness in a regression analysis. Shaver, Lavy, Saron, and Mikulincer (2007) reported robust correlations between mindfulness and attachment-related anxiety and avoidance. Moreover, when they regressed mindfulness onto the two insecurity dimensions, attachment-related anxiety and avoidance, both contributed uniquely to mindfulness and together accounted for 42% of the variance in mindfulness.…”

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Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness

Caldwell

Shaver

2013

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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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Social Foundations of the Capacity for Mindfulness: An Attachment Perspective

Cited by 148 publications

References 29 publications

Relational Aspects of Mindfulness: Implications for the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy

Relational Aspects of Mindfulness: Implications for the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy

Mindfulness and emotional regulation as sequential mediators in the relationship between attachment security and depression

Mediators of the Link Between Adult Attachment and Mindfulness

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