Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Cogn Emot. 2020 Nov;34(7):1408-1422. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1758632. Epub 2020 May 6.
Mindfulness is associated with a wide range of beneficial outcomes such as well-being. However, less is known about the mechanisms underlying these benefits. Some researchers suggest that the benefits could be driven by emotion regulation, either by improving the effectiveness of emotion regulation or by lessening the need for effortful emotion regulation. By using two longitudinal Ambulatory Assessment data sets ( = 125, = 175), based on a six-week randomised controlled trial and a one-week study, we tested these competing notions in daily life and found support for the latter: Mindfulness, and especially its non-judgmental acceptance facet, was significantly associated with less use of emotion regulation strategies. However, mindfulness was not significantly associated with more effective emotion regulation strategy implementation. Moreover, the mindfulness training focusing on present-moment attention and awareness did not significantly influence emotion regulation. These findings demonstrate the importance of the non-judgmental acceptance component for emotion regulation and affective well-being.
正念与许多有益的结果相关，例如幸福感。然而，对于这些益处背后的机制知之甚少。一些研究人员认为，这些益处可能是由情绪调节驱动的，要么通过提高情绪调节的有效性，要么通过减少对努力的情绪调节的需求。通过使用两个基于六周随机对照试验和一周研究的纵向动态评估数据集（n=125，n=175），我们在日常生活中检验了这些相互竞争的观点，并支持了后者：正念，特别是其非评判性接受方面，与更少使用情绪调节策略显著相关。然而，正念与更有效的情绪调节策略实施没有显著关联。此外，关注当下注意力和意识的正念训练并没有显著影响情绪调节。这些发现表明，非评判性接受成分对于情绪调节和情感幸福感的重要性。
