Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
School of Psychology, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
Aggress Behav. 2022 Sep;48(5):466-474. doi: 10.1002/ab.22031. Epub 2022 Apr 19.
Measuring mindfulness without accounting for specific contexts may lead to controversial results. This study attempted to examine whether the newly proposed construct of interpersonal mindfulness, mindfulness as it happens within the interpersonal context, was connected to forgiveness and the mechanisms behind this connection. Data were collected from 312 participants using measures of interpersonal mindfulness, trait mindfulness, anger rumination, state anger, self-reported forgiveness, and forgiving behavior. Results showed that interpersonal mindfulness was significantly associated with both self-reported forgiveness and forgiving behavior even while accounting for trait mindfulness. Mediation analysis revealed that anger rumination and state anger could mediate this link separately and sequentially, but only when trait mindfulness was uncontrolled. When controlling for trait mindfulness, the mediating role of state anger remained significant, but neither anger rumination nor the serial combination did. An alternative model was also supported, showing that after controlling for interpersonal mindfulness, trait mindfulness was indirectly associated with forgiveness through anger rumination and the serial mediating effect of anger rumination and state anger, but not state anger. These findings suggest that interpersonal mindfulness is more suitable for predicting interpersonal forgiveness than trait mindfulness. State anger may operate as a proximal mechanism in explaining how mindfulness relates to interpersonal forgiveness, whereas anger rumination may operate at a more distal level.
不考虑特定情境而衡量正念可能会导致有争议的结果。本研究试图检验人际正念（即人际情境中发生的正念）这一新提出的构念是否与宽恕以及这一联系背后的机制有关。研究数据来自 312 名参与者，使用人际正念、特质正念、愤怒反刍、状态愤怒、自我报告的宽恕和宽恕行为的测量方法收集。结果表明，即使考虑到特质正念，人际正念也与自我报告的宽恕和宽恕行为显著相关。中介分析显示，愤怒反刍和状态愤怒可以分别和依次中介这种联系，但只有在不控制特质正念的情况下才可以。当控制特质正念时，状态愤怒的中介作用仍然显著，但愤怒反刍和序列组合都不显著。另一种替代模型也得到了支持，表明在控制人际正念后，特质正念通过愤怒反刍和愤怒反刍与状态愤怒的序列中介作用间接与宽恕相关，而不是状态愤怒。这些发现表明，人际正念比特质正念更适合预测人际宽恕。状态愤怒可能是解释正念与人际宽恕之间关系的近端机制，而愤怒反刍可能在更远处发挥作用。
