Gobout Natacha, Morissette Harvey Francis, Cyr Gaëlle, Bélanger Claude
Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), C.P. 8888 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada.
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS), Montreal, Quebec Canada.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2020;11(7):1723-1733. doi: 10.1007/s12671-020-01390-x. Epub 2020 May 11.
Cumulative childhood trauma (CCT) survivors are at a higher risk of suffering from interpersonal problems including couple dissatisfaction. Dispositional mindfulness is increasingly proposed as a potential explanatory mechanism of post-traumatic symptomatology and has been documented as a predictor of couple satisfaction. Most authors operationalize mindfulness as a multidimensional disposition comprised of five facets (i.e., Describing, Observing, Non-judgment of inner experiences, Non-reactivity, and Acting with awareness), but the role of these facets in the link between CCT and couple satisfaction has yet to be understood. This study aimed to assess mindfulness as a potential mediator in the relationship between CCT and couple satisfaction and to examine the distinctive contributions of mindfulness facets in this mediation.
A sample of 330 participants from the community completed measures of couple satisfaction, mindfulness, and exposure to eight types of childhood maltreatment experiences.
Path analysis results revealed that mindfulness mediated the relationship between CCT and couple satisfaction. More precisely, two mindfulness facets acted as specific mediators, namely, Describing and Non-judgment of inner experiences. The final integrative model explained 14% ( < .001) of the variance in couple satisfaction.
Findings suggest that mindfulness may be a meaningful mechanism in the link between CCT and couple satisfaction. They also highlight that description of inner experiences and a non-judgmental attitude of these experiences may act as key components to understand the influence of CCT on adults' lower couple satisfaction.
童年累积创伤（CCT）幸存者遭受人际问题（包括夫妻关系不满意）的风险更高。特质正念越来越被认为是创伤后症状的一种潜在解释机制，并且已被证明是夫妻满意度的一个预测指标。大多数作者将正念操作化为一种由五个方面组成的多维度特质（即描述、观察、对内心体验不评判、不反应和有意识行动），但这些方面在CCT与夫妻满意度之间的联系中所起的作用尚不清楚。本研究旨在评估正念作为CCT与夫妻满意度之间关系的潜在中介，并检验正念各方面在这种中介作用中的独特贡献。
来自社区的330名参与者完成了夫妻满意度、正念以及八种童年虐待经历暴露程度的测量。
路径分析结果显示，正念介导了CCT与夫妻满意度之间的关系。更确切地说，正念的两个方面起到了特定的中介作用，即描述和对内心体验不评判。最终的整合模型解释了夫妻满意度方差的14%（<0.001）。
研究结果表明，正念可能是CCT与夫妻满意度之间联系中的一个有意义的机制。它们还强调，对内心体验的描述以及对这些体验的不评判态度可能是理解CCT对成年人较低夫妻满意度影响的关键因素。
