Kiken Laura G, Shook Natalie J
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
J Res Pers. 2014 Dec 1;53:22-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.08.002.
The current research investigated whether mindfulness is differentially associated with thoughts that emphasize positive or negative valence. In Study 1, trait mindfulness was inversely associated with negative rumination but unassociated with positive rumination, controlling for state affect. In Study 2, participants completed either a mindful breathing meditation or a comparable control exercise, followed by a thought listing while viewing affective images. Compared to the control condition, the mindfulness condition listed proportionately fewer negative thoughts, particularly in response to negative images, and more non-valenced thoughts. The conditions did not differ in their proportions of positive thoughts. These results suggest that mindfulness may attenuate thoughts that emphasize negativity but not those that emphasize positivity.
当前的研究调查了正念是否与强调积极或消极效价的思维存在差异关联。在研究1中，特质正念与消极反刍呈负相关，但与积极反刍无关，同时控制了状态情感。在研究2中，参与者完成了正念呼吸冥想或类似的对照练习，随后在观看情感图像时进行思维记录。与对照条件相比，正念条件下列出的消极思维比例相对较少，尤其是对消极图像的反应，且列出的无情感效价的思维更多。两种条件下积极思维的比例没有差异。这些结果表明，正念可能会减弱强调消极性的思维，但不会减弱强调积极性的思维。
