Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Emotion. 2022 Sep;22(6):1101-1118. doi: 10.1037/emo0001049. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
Research on attachment theory holds that insecure attachment influences people's daily social and emotional experiences. Mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation have been associated with improvements in physical and mental well-being often through their influence on emotion experience and regulation. Yet, little research has examined how emotional well-being may be improved in insecurely attached individuals through meditation practice. We suspected that the emotion profiles of anxious and avoidant attachment may shift with meditation training, both across time and on a particular day. Improving emotional well-being may be especially consequential for those most at risk for negative health outcomes in late life. A diverse community sample of midlife adults raised in low-SES homes ( = 113; 55% white, 87.5% female) completed daily emotion reports for 10 weeks, during which they received 6 weeks of meditation training, randomized to either loving-kindness or mindfulness meditation practice. Results from growth curve analyses revealed that individuals with greater attachment anxiety and randomized to mindfulness meditation reported significant increases over time in positive emotions alongside decreases in negative emotions. Those high in attachment avoidance reported significant decreases in negative emotions in both meditation groups. On the daily level, within-person dose-response analyses revealed that individuals with greater attachment anxiety showed the most consistent dose-response relations between the duration of either meditation practice and same-day increases in positive emotions and decreases in negative emotions. These findings highlight how meditation interventions can shift emotion profiles of insecurely attached midlife adults who are at heightened risk for late life chronic illnesses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
依恋理论的研究表明，不安全的依恋会影响人们日常的社会和情感体验。正念冥想和慈爱冥想与身心健康的改善有关，通常是通过它们对情绪体验和调节的影响。然而，很少有研究探讨通过冥想练习如何改善不安全依恋个体的情绪幸福感。我们怀疑，焦虑和回避依恋的情绪特征可能会随着冥想训练而改变，无论是在时间上还是在特定的一天。改善情绪幸福感对于那些在晚年最容易出现负面健康结果的人来说可能尤为重要。一个来自中低收入家庭的中年成年人的多样化社区样本（n = 113；55%为白人，87.5%为女性）完成了 10 周的日常情绪报告，在此期间他们接受了 6 周的冥想训练，随机分配到慈爱冥想或正念冥想组。增长曲线分析的结果表明，依恋焦虑程度较高的个体随着时间的推移，在正念冥想组中报告积极情绪显著增加，同时负面情绪显著减少。回避依恋程度较高的个体在两个冥想组中报告负面情绪显著减少。在日常层面上，个体内剂量反应分析表明，依恋焦虑程度较高的个体在两种冥想练习的持续时间与当天积极情绪的增加和负面情绪的减少之间表现出最一致的剂量反应关系。这些发现强调了冥想干预如何改变处于晚年慢性疾病高风险中的不安全依恋中年成年人的情绪特征。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
