Adult attachment and mindfulness: examining directionality, causality, and theoretical implications

STEVENSON, Jodie, MILLINGS, Abigail, EMERSON, Lisa Marie, SIROIS, Fuschia and ROWE, Angela (2021). Adult attachment and mindfulness: examining directionality, causality, and theoretical implications. Journal of Research in Personality.

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Abstract

We present two studies that together provide preliminary evidence to challenge the view that the relationship between adult attachment and mindfulness is bi-directional (Study 1: repeated measures design and Study 2: a repeated measures study examining the efficacy of attachment security priming and a mindfulness induction). Adult attachment anxiety emerged as a significant predictor of some facets of mindfulness, over time, but the reverse was not true. Priming attachment security increased state mindfulness of mind to a greater degree than a mindfulness induction or control. These findings challenge previous research suggesting that the relationship between adult attachment and mindfulness is bi-directional, suggesting that attachment orientation plays a causal role in the development of mindfulness.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1503 Business and Management; 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Social Psychology
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104043
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2020 16:50
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2022 01:18
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27583

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