Xie Qiang
Department of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2023 Sep 2:332941231198511. doi: 10.1177/00332941231198511.
Peace of mind is an important affective well-being valued in Chinese culture. Mindfulness and self-compassion could potentially promote peace of mind. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects were not well understood. The current cross-sectional study aimed to investigate whether nonattachment explained the effects of mindfulness and self-compassion on peace of mind. A sample of 364 Chinese adults was recruited from WeChat, a popular Chinese social media platform. Participants filled out an online survey including measures of dispositional mindfulness, self-compassion, nonattachment, and peace of mind. The results of correlation analyses revealed significant and positive associations among mindfulness, self-compassion, nonattachment, and peace of mind. Furthermore, nonattachment significantly mediated the associations between mindfulness and self-compassion with peace of mind. Moderated mediation analyses indicated that the relationships between mindfulness and self-compassion with nonattachment were stronger for women than for men. Gender did not moderate the direct effects of mindfulness and self-compassion on peace of mind, the relationship between nonattachment and peace of mind, and the mediating effects of mindfulness and self-compassion on peace of mind through nonattachment. These findings suggest that nonattachment may be a potential mechanism through which mindfulness and self-compassion promote peace of mind among Chinese adults. If the mediating effects are confirmed in future longitudinal and experimental studies, mindfulness and self-compassion interventions can emphasize nonattachment to optimize their effects on peace of mind. It may also be important to tailor mindfulness and self-compassion training for men and women given the gender differences in the relationships between mindfulness and self-compassion with nonattachment.
内心平静是中国文化中重视的一种重要的情感幸福。正念和自我同情可能会促进内心平静。然而，这些影响背后的机制尚未得到很好的理解。当前的横断面研究旨在调查无执是否解释了正念和自我同情对内心平静的影响。从中国流行的社交媒体平台微信上招募了364名中国成年人作为样本。参与者填写了一份在线调查问卷，包括特质正念、自我同情、无执和内心平静的测量。相关分析结果显示，正念、自我同情、无执和内心平静之间存在显著的正相关。此外，无执显著中介了正念和自我同情与内心平静之间的关联。调节中介分析表明，女性的正念和自我同情与无执之间的关系比男性更强。性别并未调节正念和自我同情对内心平静的直接影响、无执与内心平静之间的关系，以及正念和自我同情通过无执对内心平静的中介作用。这些发现表明，无执可能是正念和自我同情促进中国成年人内心平静的一种潜在机制。如果在未来的纵向和实验研究中证实了中介效应，正念和自我同情干预可以强调无执，以优化它们对内心平静的影响。考虑到正念和自我同情与无执之间关系的性别差异，为男性和女性量身定制正念和自我同情训练也可能很重要。
