Gray’s Behavioural Inhibition System as a mediator of mindfulness towards well-being
The objective of the study was to test whether Gray’s “Behavioural Inhibition System” (BIS) is a pathway from mindfulness towards well-being in a cross-sectional and correlational design, using online data collection. We administered the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) and the Kentucky Inventor...
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Published in: | Personality and individual differences 2011-04, Vol.50 (4), p.506-511 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | The objective of the study was to test whether Gray’s “Behavioural Inhibition System” (BIS) is a pathway from mindfulness towards well-being in a cross-sectional and correlational design, using online data collection. We administered the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS) to a non-clinical sample of German adults (
n
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211). BIS was measured using the Action Regulation Emotion System Questionnaire (ARES), and well-being was measured using a compound variable consisting of the Marburg Habitual Well-being Scale (MHW) along with two subscales of the Questionnaire of General Habitual Well-Being (FAHW). We analysed two mediator models with the FMI or KIMS as independent variables, respectively. In both models, BIS was modelled as a mediator, and well-being served as the dependent variable. The total effect of mindfulness on well-being was found to be strong for both models. Also, the effect of mindfulness on the proposed mediator BIS was substantial, as was the effect of BIS on well-being. The study demonstrates that BIS can partially explain the pathway between mindfulness and well-being, suggesting that BIS may be a mediator of the effects of mindfulness. |
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ISSN: | 0191-8869 1873-3549 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.paid.2010.11.019 |