The relationship between dispositional mindfulness, attachment security and emotion regulation

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

“…The results confirmed previous studies indicating association between the key variables (Goodall, et al, 2012;Pepping, et al, 2014;Siegel, 2007). Further, the analysis revealed that a sequential relationship between mindfulness and emotional regulation fully mediated the relationship between three of the identified attachment styles: secure, preoccupied and dismissive.…”

“…Siegel (2007) highlights the overlap of outcome measures related to attachment security and mindfulness, specifically referring to the prefrontal cortex and its role in modulating fear, response flexibility, self-regulation, attunement, empathy and emotional balance. This is supported by a British online survey (Goodall, et al, 2012) reporting a potential bidirectional relationship between mindfulness and attachment security, suggesting that increased mindfulness skills could reduce the behaviours more characteristic of insecure attachment styles. Further they indicate a conceptual overlap between aspects of dispositional mindfulness and emotional regulation, namely; the awareness of internal experiences and acceptance of emotional response.…”

“…An individual with a secure history tends to anticipate being capable in eliciting care and hence, confident in tolerating and recovering from difficult emotions. In their review of attachment and social processing, Dykas and Cassidy (2011) identify competence as including the ability to acknowledge, accept and recover from distressing emotions; a process consistent with mindful awareness and emotional regulation; supportive of literature identifying commonality between the constructs: secure attachment and mindfulness (Goodall, Trejnowska, & Darling, 2012;Siegel, 2007).…”

Dispositional mindfulness mediates the relationships of parental attachment to posttraumatic stress disorder and academic burnout in adolescents following the Yancheng tornado

“…Securely attached children can balance their emotions well, meet their intellectual potential, develop their capacity of having meaningful relationships with others and thus improve their development of dispositional mindfulness (Argus & Thompson, 2008; Hülsheger, Alberts, Feinholdt, & Lang, 2013). Based on the models of Goodall, Trejnowska, and Darling (2012) and Pepping, Davis, and O’Donovan (2013), secure attachment could be a protective factor for dispositional mindfulness. Ryan, Brown, and Creswell (2007) argued that attachment security may provide an individual with a greater capacity to maintain mindful attention and awareness, as they would be less consumed by factors related to insecure attachment such as rumination or avoidance.…”

Nuevos abordajes para el tratamiento de la fibromialgia: una intervención positiva para la promoción del optimismo mediante la utilización de TICs

“…These advantages are especially significant in validation studies. In addition, this form of data collection has been used in several studies focused on emotional regulation (Goodall, Trejnowska, & Darling, 2012;Hofmann, Carpenter, & Curtiss, 2016;Miyamoto, & Ma, 2011). Second, both general and clinical populations had a majority of women, and there were a small subsample of participants with eating disorders, which it is not possible generalize the findings to this …”