Mindfulness, Spousal Attachment, and Marital Satisfaction: A Mediated Model

Zen and the art of sex: examining associations among mindfulness, sexual satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction in dating relationships

“…Previous research on the role of mindfulness in romantic relationship functioning has consistently linked higher levels of trait mindfulness with increased relationship satisfaction (see Kozlowski, 2013), and with more skillful responses to relationship stress, increased empathy, greater acceptance of one's partner, and more secure spousal attachment (Barnes, Brown, Krusemark, Campbell, & Rogge, 2007;Burpee & Langer, 2005;Jones, Welton, Oliver, & Thoburn, 2011;Wachs & Cordova, 2007). Additionally, the development of mindfulness skills has been associated with increased autonomy, relatedness, and closeness, as well as lower relationship distress among romantic partners (Carson, Carson, Gil, & Baucom, 2004).…”

“…Despite its popularity as a measure of mindfulness across multiple studies concerned with various psychological and physiological processes (see Keng et al, 2011), only two previous studies have used Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, and Toney's (2006) fivefactor measure to assess links between mindfulness and aspects of romantic relationship functioning; however, neither study examined the associations between the individual subscales and relationship satisfaction in their samples (Jones et al, 2011;Khaddouma, Gordon, & Bolden, in press). However, because levels of trait mindfulness as measured by other mindfulness instruments (e.g., Burpee & Langer, 2005;Wachs & Cordova, 2007) and the combined score of the five facets on the Five-Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Jones et al, 2011;Khaddouma et al, in press) have been consistently positively associated with greater relationship satisfaction in previous studies, it would be expected that the individual facets of mindfulness jointly (though perhaps differentially) contribute to satisfaction in dating relationships. Understanding how the facets of mindfulness uniquely contribute to relationship satisfaction would provide improved clarity about how mindfulness influences the well-being and functioning of romantic relationships and provide information regarding what aspects of mindfulness specifically impact relationship health.…”

Associations Between Mindfulness, Psychological Well-Being, and Subjective Well-Being with Respect to Contemplative Practice

“…In that regard, several studies have examined the respective conceptualizations of well-being independently, finding dispositional mindfulness to be consistently associated with both SWB (Brown and Kasser 2005;Brown et al 2009;Kong et al 2014;Schutte and Malouff 2011) and PWB Carmody and Baer 2008;Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011;Howell et al 2008;Van Gordon et al 2013) throughout the literature. Moreover, specific dimensions of PWB, such as self-acceptance (Jimenez et al 2010;Thompson and Waltz 2008), autonomy (Bowlin and Baer 2012;Brown and Ryan 2003), positive relationships (Coatsworth et al 2010;Jones et al 2011), and personal growth (Benn et al 2012) are also positively correlated with mindfulness. Interestingly, studies that investigated the relationship between mindfulness and SWB primarily used unidimensional conceptualization of mindfulness (e.g., MAAS or FMI), while studies that explored the boarder construct of PWB frequently used a multidimensional conceptualization of mindfulness (e.g., FFMQ).…”

Mindfulness and emotional regulation as sequential mediators in the relationship between attachment security and depression

“…Mindfulness has been associated with a range of positive emotional and social variables, including wellbeing (Baker, Huxley, Dennis, Islam, & Russell, 2015;Mitchell & Heads, 2015), relationship satisfaction (Jones, Welton, Oliver, & Thoburn, 2011) and a decrease in emotional distress factors, e.g. depression and anxiety (Pepping, O'Donovan, ZimmerGembeck, & Hanisch, 2014); findings that share similarity with a secure attachment history.…”