Does Time Perspective Predict Life Satisfaction? A Study Including Mindfulness as a Measure of Time Experience in a Sample of Catalan Students

Muro, Anna; Feliu‐Soler, Albert; Castella, J.; Deví, Josep; Soler, Joaquim

doi:10.1007/s12671-016-0644-3

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“…The results of correlational analyses were consistent with prior studies in several respects. First, dispositional mindfulness was inversely related to DBTP (Muro et al 2017;. Second, the mediational analyses were consistent with the hypothesis that part of the relationship between mindfulness and perceived stress is mediated by DBTP, much in line with the previous study of well-being by .…”

Section: Dispositional Mindfulness and Time Perspectivesupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Dispositional Mindfulness and Time Perspectivesupporting

confidence: 82%

“…As concerns the separate S-ZTPI dimensions, global mindfulness (FFMQ) score was negatively associated with Past Negative and Present Fatalistic but unrelated to Present Hedonistic, in line with prior studies (Drake et al 2008;Muro et al 2017). A significant positive correlation between global mindfulness score and Past Positive was additionally observed (Drake et al 2008;Muro et al 2017; but see Seema and Sircova 2013). No significant association between FFMQ total score and Future Positive was observed, consistent with Drake et al (2008, i.e., for Future), whereas, presumably due to the large sample, the corresponding correlation, of the same magnitude as the one observed in the present study (r = .12; for MAAS and Future scores), was significant in Muro et al (2017).…”

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confidence: 82%

“…The results were consistent with a model by which mindfulness exerts an indirect influence on life satisfaction via reduced DBTP but were indicative of partial rather than complete mediation suggesting that minimized DBTP may be one of several means by which mindfulness promotes life satisfaction. Muro et al (2017) similarly demonstrated a substantial correlation between mindfulness and DBTP in a sample of Catalan students and indicated that both DBTP and mindfulness (MAAS score) were related to life satisfaction.…”

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“…Finally, two recent studies Muro et al 2017) adopted DBTP instead of the coarse BTP/non-BTP categorization. In , measures of mindfulness, DBTP score, and life satisfaction were submitted to mediation analyses.…”

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Mindfulness Promotes a More Balanced Time Perspective: Correlational and Intervention-Based Evidence

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Objectives To investigate the relationship between mindfulness and aspects of time perspective (TP, i.e., habitual views of past, present, future). Methods We examined cross-sectional associations between an established measure of mindfulness (FFMQ) and an extended version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (Swedish ZTPI; S-ZTPI) in a sample with little experience of mindfulness training (n = 212). In addition, we evaluated the effects of two mindfulness-based interventions (a mindfulness instructor course involving 29 participants and a mindful self-compassion program, n = 40 for the intervention group, n = 41 for controls) on mindfulness and measures of TP including an aggregate measure of deviations from a proposed optimal, or balanced, time perspective (DBTP). Results Cross-sectional data were consistent with a model by which part of the relationship between mindfulness and perceived stress is mediated by reduced DBTP. Global mindfulness scores showed the strongest (negative) associations with the S-ZTPI scales Future Negative and Past Negative. Comparisons of pre/post-intervention data revealed significant mindfulness-based intervention-related reductions of DBTP (Cohen's d = − 0.46), with lowered scores on Past Negative and Future Negative and a small increase on Past Positive. Conclusions The results support the notion that a higher level of mindfulness promotes a more balanced time perspective, with a reduced focus on negative aspects of the past and negative anticipations of the future. Relations to repetitive negative thought processes (rumination, worry) and a potential bidirectional influence of mindfulness and aspects of time perspective are discussed.

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Section: Dispositional Mindfulness and Time Perspectivesupporting

confidence: 87%