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Mindfulness and Mind-Wandering: Finding Convergence Through Opposing Constructs 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Mrazek, M.D.,Smallwood, J.,Schooler, J.W.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
  • 출판년도2012
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기EMOTION -WASHINGTON-
  • 발행사항Vol.12No.3[2012]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1528-3542
  • 소개/요약Research into both mindfulness and mind-wandering has grown rapidly, yet clarification of the relationship between these two seemingly opposing constructs is still absent. A first study addresses the relationship between a dispositional measure of mindfulness (Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale, MAAS) and converging measures of both self-reported and indirect markers of mind-wandering. Negative correlations between dispositional mindfulness and 4 measures of mind-wandering confirm the opposing relationship between the 2 constructs and further validate the use of the MAAS as a dispositional measure of mindfulness. A second study demonstrated that 8 minutes of mindful breathing reduces behavioral indicators of mind-wandering during a Sustained Attention to Response Task compared with both passive relaxation and reading. Together these studies clarify the opposition between the constructs of mindfulness and mind-wandering and so should lead to greater convergence between what have been predominately separate, yet mutually relevant, lines of research