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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Calicut, Calicut, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 10, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 192-200
Abstract
Mindfulness has been conceptualized as “bringing one's complete attention to the present experience on a moment- to-moment basis” and as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non- judgmentally. Mindfulness has become a focus of research interest in the health sciences. However there is a gap in the literature on a comprehensive review which studies different correlates of dispositiona lmindfulness.Thisarticle review 31studies on correlates of dispositional mindfulness. On the basis of selected articles three broad categories of discussion have been conducted such as the role of dispositional mindfulness as a protective factor in the development of different psychopathological conditions, dispositional mindfulness as a correlate of different psychological functions and finally dispositional mindfulness and it's biological correlates. Different facets of dispositional mindfulness along with possible mechanisms also been discussed.
Keywords
Dispositional Mindfulness, Correlates, Theoretical Mata Analysis, Protective Factor.
