From a state to a trait: Trajectories of state mindfulness in meditation during intervention predict changes in trait mindfulness |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia;2. School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia;1. Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada;2. Northern Ontario School of Medicine, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada;1. Temple University, Department of Psychology, Mood and Cognition Lab, Weiss Hall, 1701 North 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;2. Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, 15 Parkman St., Boston, MA 02114, USA;3. Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 151 Merrimac St., Boston, MA 02114, USA;4. University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychology, 5140K Edwards I Building, 45 W. Corry Blvd., Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA;5. Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, 1309 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02445, USA;6. University of Louisville, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 301G Life Sciences Building, Louisville, KY 40292, USA;1. School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China;2. Department of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Theory suggests that heightening state mindfulness in meditation practice over time increases trait mindfulness, which benefits psychological health. We prospectively examined individual trajectories of state mindfulness in meditation during a mindfulness-based intervention in relation to changes in trait mindfulness and psychological distress. Each week during the eight-week intervention, participants reported their state mindfulness in meditation after a brief mindfulness meditation. Participants also completed pre- and post-intervention measures of trait mindfulness and psychological symptoms. Tests of combined latent growth and path models suggested that individuals varied significantly in their rates of change in state mindfulness in meditation during the intervention, and that these individual trajectories predicted pre-post intervention changes in trait mindfulness and distress. These findings support that increasing state mindfulness over repeated meditation sessions may contribute to a more mindful and less distressed disposition. However, individuals’ trajectories of change may vary and warrant further investigation. |
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| Keywords: | Mindfulness State Trait Meditation Latent growth |
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