PSY336H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Embeddedness, John Bowlby, Attachment Theory
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Social foundations of the capacity for mindfulness: an attachment perspective. Phillip r. shaver, shiri lavy, clifford d. saron, and mario mikulincer- Psychological and neurological correlates of mindfulness, effective emotion and self-regulation, and attachment security are similar. Focus on the conceptual and empirical connections between mindfulness and security. People who have experienced attentive, responsive, and sensitive caregiving are likely to be both more securely attached and more mindful. Mindfulness and attachment security may be related, perhaps bidirectionally: secure attachment fosters greater attention to relational partners, mindfulness may facilitate secure attachments through an open, receptive attention to relationship partners. Felt security and mindfulness both appear to contribute to a variety of positive outcomes. Similar positive correlates and outcomes of mindfulness and. Strong empirical evidence that mindfulness and attachment security, whether dispositional in nature or experimentally induced, have similar correlates and effects. Security is related to more positive mental representations of self and others.
