Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.
Department of Psychology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany.
Cogn Emot. 2021 Mar;35(2):241-255. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1825337. Epub 2020 Sep 29.
A growing number of interventions have sought to cultivate mindfulness, an accepting awareness of body and mind experiences. A great deal of prior research has shown mostly beneficial effects of mindfulness interventions. However, cultivating mindfulness may not always be beneficial for everyone. Two studies examined whether mindfulness may have alienating effects among people high in state orientation (i.e. low self-regulatory abilities). Participants were randomly assigned to either a 90-minute mindfulness training plus 5-minute retreatment or a waiting list control group (Study 1 = 54, Study 2 = 155). Alienation was operationalised as false self-ascriptions (FSA rate) of extrinsic goals that were allegedly recommended by experts. Participants high (versus low) in state orientation had significantly higher FSA rates in the mindfulness (versus control) condition. These results suggest that mindfulness training may alienate psychologically vulnerable populations (e.g. state-oriented people) from their intrinsic emotional preferences.
越来越多的干预措施试图培养正念，即对身心体验的一种接纳意识。大量先前的研究表明，正念干预大多具有有益的效果。然而，培养正念对每个人来说并不总是有益的。两项研究考察了正念是否会对状态取向（即自我调节能力较低）较高的人产生疏远效应。参与者被随机分配到 90 分钟的正念训练加 5 分钟的再处理组或等待名单对照组（研究 1 = 54，研究 2 = 155）。疏远被定义为外在目标的虚假自我归因（FSA 率），这些目标据称是专家推荐的。在状态取向（相对于控制条件）较高的参与者中，FSA 率在正念（相对于控制条件）条件下显著更高。这些结果表明，正念训练可能会使心理脆弱的人群（例如状态取向的人）与他们内在的情感偏好产生疏远。
