Testing the Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory in Daily Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory (MMT) describes the processes through which mindfulness leads to enhanced eudaimonic wellbeing (indirectly via mediating processes such as increased decentering, reappraisal, positive affect, and savoring), but little is currently known about how these processes impact one another over short time periods (e.g., across several hours). The current study tested the MMT by measuring these variables repeatedly as they occur naturalistically in daily life.

Method

Three hundred and forty-five community members aged 18-65 completed surveys on smartphones six times per day over seven days, assessing their current levels of decentering, reappraisal, positive affect, savoring, and wellbeing, as part of a larger study. Multilevel structural e

SUBMITTER: Sgherza TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10305795 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature