Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Institute of Research on Adult Education and Knowledge Management, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
PLoS One. 2022 Sep 1;17(9):e0273913. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273913. eCollection 2022.
Previous studies have suggested positive effects of mindfulness on inhibitory control (stopping behaviour). However, scarce previous studies suggest the relationship may depend on context. We provide first evidence that inhibitory control is challenged when perceiving attractive faces, especially when being mindful. Specifically, we investigated the relationship between mindfulness and inhibitory control and the moderating role of a social reward context (being exposed to attractive opposite sex faces). Participants (n = 50) between 18-43 years old (M = 25, SD = 5.4) filled out questionnaires assessing standard demographic variables and dispositional mindfulness. Subsequently, they performed a Go/No-go task with a neutral condition and attractive faces condition. Results showed that inhibitory control was challenged in the attractive condition relative to the neutral condition, p = 0.019. Dispositional mindfulness was negatively correlated with inhibitory performance, but only in the attractive faces condition (r = -0.32, p = 0.024). Results did not support a moderating role of gender. Finally, though post-hoc, higher mindfulness was associated with reduced perceived attractiveness of presented faces (r = -0.33, p = 0.019). However, the relationship between mindfulness and reduced inhibitory control could not be explained by mindfulness associated reduced attractiveness. Taken together, results show that mindfulness challenges inhibitory control when perceiving attractive faces. This implies that mindfulness interventions aimed at enhancing inhibitory control, may not render the desired effect in a context of being exposed to attractive faces. Though certainly plausible, it remains an open question whether results generalize to other reward contexts as well.
先前的研究表明，正念对抑制控制（停止行为）有积极影响。然而，先前的研究很少表明这种关系可能取决于具体情境。我们提供了第一个证据，即当感知到有吸引力的面孔时，尤其是当处于正念状态时，抑制控制会受到挑战。具体来说，我们研究了正念与抑制控制之间的关系，以及社会奖励情境（暴露于有吸引力的异性面孔）的调节作用。参与者（年龄在 18-43 岁之间，M = 25，SD = 5.4）填写了评估标准人口统计学变量和特质正念的问卷。随后，他们在中性条件和有吸引力的面孔条件下进行了 Go/No-go 任务。结果表明，与中性条件相比，吸引力条件下的抑制控制受到了挑战，p = 0.019。特质正念与抑制表现呈负相关，但仅在有吸引力的面孔条件下显著（r = -0.32，p = 0.024）。结果不支持性别调节作用。最后，尽管是事后分析，但较高的正念与所呈现面孔的感知吸引力降低有关（r = -0.33，p = 0.019）。然而，正念与抑制控制降低之间的关系不能用与正念相关的吸引力降低来解释。总之，结果表明，当感知到有吸引力的面孔时，正念会挑战抑制控制。这意味着，旨在增强抑制控制的正念干预措施，在暴露于有吸引力的面孔的情境下，可能不会产生预期的效果。虽然这是合理的，但结果是否也适用于其他奖励情境，仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。
