Stevenson Jodie C, Emerson Lisa Marie, McKinnon Kathleen, Millings Abigail
School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Feb;127(1):92-111. doi: 10.1177/00332941221119409. Epub 2022 Aug 10.
Whilst both mindfulness and adult attachment have been linked to wellbeing, little is known about how these constructs relate to emotion regulation that can underpin wellbeing. The present study examined the association between adult attachment orientation and emotion regulation (strategies and difficulties) and the mediating role of facets of dispositional mindfulness. A sample of 301 university students (M = 23.08, = 8.08; 74.75% female) completed measures of adult attachment, emotion regulation, difficulties in emotion regulation, and dispositional mindfulness. Parallel multiple mediation analyses indicated that the act with awareness and non-judging facets of mindfulness repeatedly emerged as significant mediators in the positive associations between the dimensions of attachment insecurity (anxiety, avoidance, and disorganized) and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and difficulties in emotion regulation. Those individuals exhibiting greater attachment insecurity employ maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and display difficulties in emotion regulation via mindfulness deficits. The present findings extend our current understanding of the role of dispositional mindfulness in the associations between adult attachment orientation and varying aspects of the emotion regulation process.
虽然正念和成人依恋都与幸福感有关，但对于这些构念如何与支撑幸福感的情绪调节相关，我们却知之甚少。本研究考察了成人依恋取向与情绪调节（策略和困难）之间的关联，以及特质正念各方面的中介作用。301名大学生样本（M = 23.08， = 8.08；74.75%为女性）完成了成人依恋、情绪调节、情绪调节困难和特质正念的测量。平行多重中介分析表明，正念的有意识行动和不评判方面在依恋不安全感维度（焦虑、回避和混乱）与适应不良的情绪调节策略及情绪调节困难之间的正向关联中反复成为显著的中介变量。那些表现出更大依恋不安全感的个体采用适应不良的情绪调节策略，并通过正念缺陷表现出情绪调节困难。本研究结果扩展了我们目前对特质正念在成人依恋取向与情绪调节过程不同方面之间关联中作用的理解。
