The relationship between trait mindfulness and resilience: A meta-analysis. 2023

Juan Zhang, and Yidi Mao, and Yihui Wang, and Yihan Zhang
Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, China.

Resilience is a positive psychological resource that promotes health. Trait mindfulness was found to be related to resilience. However, previous studies on this relationship have shown contradictory results. The current meta-analysis explored the relationship between trait mindfulness and resilience based on a three-level random-effects meta-analysis model. A significant and positive relationship between trait mindfulness and resilience (r = 0.385; p < 0.0001) was revealed by analyzing 197 effect sizes from 103 studies. Furthermore, the subsequent moderator analysis found that the facet of mindfulness (e.g., awareness, nonjudging) (F(6, 190)  = 6.181; p < 0.001), measurement of mindfulness (e.g., the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale) (F(7, 191)  = 4.758; p < 0.001), aspect of resilience (e.g., family resilience) (F(5, 191)  = 3.455; p < 0.05), measurement of resilience (e.g., the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale) (F(11, 185)  = 2.256; p < 0.05), and age (F(1, 150)  = 4.588; p < 0.05) acted as significant moderators. Overall, this study confirmed the positive relationship between trait mindfulness and resilience, suggesting that people with higher levels of trait mindfulness were more likely to have higher levels of resilience. The current findings provided insightful information for interventions targeted at improving resilience.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005192 Family Health The health status of the family as a unit including the impact of the health of one member of the family on the family as a unit and on individual family members; also, the impact of family organization or disorganization on the health status of its members. Health, Family
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001288 Attention Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating. Focus of Attention,Selective Attention,Social Attention,Attention Focus,Attention, Selective,Attention, Social,Selective Attentions
D055500 Resilience, Psychological The human ability to adapt in the face of tragedy, trauma, adversity, hardship, and ongoing significant life stressors. Psychological Resilient Responses,Resilience,Resiliency,Resiliency, Psychological,Resilient Responses, Psychological,Stress Immunity,Immunity, Stress,Psychological Resilience,Psychological Resiliency,Psychological Resilient Response,Resiliences,Resiliencies,Resilient Response, Psychological,Response, Psychological Resilient,Stress Immunities
D064866 Mindfulness A psychological state of awareness, the practices that promote this awareness, a mode of processing information and a character trait. As a therapy mindfulness is defined as a moment-to-moment awareness of one's experience without judgment and as a state and not a trait.

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