Institute of Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Fam Process. 2021 Sep;60(3):694-711. doi: 10.1111/famp.12683. Epub 2021 Jun 11.
Over the past decades, mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to improve individual health and well-being in clinical and nonclinical settings. More recently, secular contemplative trainings were adapted to the couple context as research showed satisfying couple relationships to be one of the strongest predictors of physical and mental health. Mindfulness-based interventions hence seem to be a promising treatment in couple counseling and therapy in both clinical and nonclinical settings. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review to provide an overview of the emerging literature in the field of mindfulness-based interventions for couples and other dyads. Overall, sixteen studies met the inclusion criteria. To summarize the heterogeneous quantitative literature regarding individual outcomes, mindfulness interventions for couples seem to increase mindfulness, self-compassion, well-being, and quality of life. Additionally, we found initial evidence of beneficial effects on relieving psychopathological symptoms and psychobiological stress measures. Measures of relationship quality were the predominant dyadic outcome. Based on these studies, we cautiously conclude that mindfulness trainings can enhance relationship quality. Practitioners should be aware that mindfulness-based interventions for couples can potentially improve the perceived relationship quality between partners and the individual burden. Future studies should expand the field, particularly with regard to other contemplative practices for couples such as compassion interventions.
在过去的几十年中，基于正念的干预措施已被证明可以改善临床和非临床环境中的个人健康和幸福感。最近，由于研究表明满意的夫妻关系是身体健康和心理健康的最强预测因素之一，因此将非宗教性的冥想训练应用于夫妻关系中。因此，基于正念的干预措施似乎是夫妻咨询和治疗的一种很有前途的治疗方法，无论是在临床环境还是非临床环境中。因此，我们进行了一项系统评价，以提供基于正念的干预措施在夫妻和其他二人组中的新兴文献综述。总的来说，有十六项研究符合纳入标准。为了总结关于个体结果的异质定量文献，夫妻正念干预似乎可以提高正念、自我同情、幸福感和生活质量。此外，我们还发现了对缓解心理病理症状和心理生物学应激措施有益影响的初步证据。关系质量的衡量标准是主要的二元结果。基于这些研究，我们谨慎地得出结论，正念训练可以提高关系质量。从业者应该意识到，夫妻正念干预可能会改善伴侣之间的关系质量和个人负担。未来的研究应该扩展这一领域，特别是关于夫妻之间的其他冥想练习，如同情干预。
