dc.contributor.advisor |
Overall, N |
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dc.contributor.author |
Dixon, Holly |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-07-06T23:24:28Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29333 |
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dc.description |
Full text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Mindfulness involves being aware of and attentive to the present moment and viewing experiences in a non-judgmental manner. Accumulating evidence has indicated that mindfulness attenuates the negative impact of stress on wellbeing. However, there is a lack of research examining whether dispositional mindfulness (1) reduces emotional and behavioral reactions to naturally-occurring daily stress and difficulties, (2) has beneficial effects when encountering both personal and interpersonal stress, and (3) buffers stress independent of other constructs previously established to effect coping in the face of personal and interpersonal stress. The two articles presented in this thesis extend prior research in these three important ways. Chapter Two examined whether dispositional mindfulness influenced affective responses to daily stress and difficulties. The results demonstrated that the negative impact of daily stress was attenuated for people higher in dispositional mindfulness, and was independent of participants‘ neuroticism, existing depressive symptoms, and emotion regulation tendencies. Chapter Three explored whether dispositional mindfulness attenuates negative and destructive responses to rejection risk relationship interactions. The results demonstrated that high levels of dispositional mindfulness attenuated fears of rejection when facing daily relationship conflict, and reduced destructive behavior towards the partner when rejection fears were experienced. Moreover, the buffering effect of dispositional mindfulness was particularly effective for those with chronic insecurities, including those low in self-esteem and high in attachment anxiety. The results were also independent of other factors shown to produce more constructive reactions to relationship conflict, including participants‘ relationship commitment and self-control. Taken together, these results highlight the powerful role dispositional mindfulness has in producing more constructive emotional and behavioral responses to everyday stress and rejection-risk interactions. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
99264870413802091 |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Dispositional Mindfulness and Adaptive Responses to Daily Personal Stress and Rejection Risk Interactions |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Psychology |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The Author |
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pubs.author-url |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29333 |
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pubs.elements-id |
535123 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2016-07-07 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112923944 |
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