TY - JOUR

T1 - Relating Dispositional Mindfulness and Long-Term Mindfulness Training with Executive Functioning, Emotion Regulation, and Well-Being in Pre-adolescents

AU - Wimmer, Lena

AU - Isherwood, Kate R

AU - Parkinson, John

AU - Dorjee, Dusana

PY - 2023/12

Y1 - 2023/12

N2 - The present study examined whether both dis- positional mindfulness without mindfulness training and mindfulness resulting from longer-term mindfulness training are positively associated with pre-adolescents’ well-being, via enhanced executive functioning (EF) and emotion regu- lation. EF was assessed in a GoNoGo task via behavioral performance and event-related potentials. Study 1 (N = 62) investigated associations of dispositional mindfulness with- out mindfulness training with EF, well-being and emotion regulation; longitudinal Study 2 with an active control group compared the effects of long-term mindfulness training (N = 28) with a positive psychology intervention (N = 15). Dispositional mindfulness without training was associated with lower EF, unrelated to emotion regulation and the rela- tionship with well-being was mixed. Long-term mindfulness training was positively related to EF and well-being (reduced negative affect), but was uncorrelated with emotion regu- lation and mindfulness scores. Taken together, long-term mindfulness training was found to have mixed effects. Fur- ther research is required in this area.

AB - The present study examined whether both dis- positional mindfulness without mindfulness training and mindfulness resulting from longer-term mindfulness training are positively associated with pre-adolescents’ well-being, via enhanced executive functioning (EF) and emotion regu- lation. EF was assessed in a GoNoGo task via behavioral performance and event-related potentials. Study 1 (N = 62) investigated associations of dispositional mindfulness with- out mindfulness training with EF, well-being and emotion regulation; longitudinal Study 2 with an active control group compared the effects of long-term mindfulness training (N = 28) with a positive psychology intervention (N = 15). Dispositional mindfulness without training was associated with lower EF, unrelated to emotion regulation and the rela- tionship with well-being was mixed. Long-term mindfulness training was positively related to EF and well-being (reduced negative affect), but was uncorrelated with emotion regu- lation and mindfulness scores. Taken together, long-term mindfulness training was found to have mixed effects. Fur- ther research is required in this area.

U2 - 10.1007/s12646-023-00746-2

DO - 10.1007/s12646-023-00746-2

M3 - Article

VL - 68

SP - 534

EP - 553

JO - Psychological Studies

JF - Psychological Studies

SN - 0974-9861

IS - 4

ER -