Mindfulness has been a focus of psychological research and practice in recent decades. Yet, there is limited research on the relationship between mindfulness and vocational decision‐making. This study’s purpose was to examine the role of mindfulness in a career context by investigating the relationships among mindfulness, decision‐making style, negative career thoughts, and vocational identity. The sample included 258 undergraduate students (204 women, 54 men) at a large southeastern U.S. university. Mindfulness was significantly (p < .01) associated with fewer negative career thoughts, external and thinking‐based decision‐making styles, and higher vocational identity. Multiple regression procedures found that mindfulness, coupled with decision‐making style, accounted for 31% of the variance in negative career thoughts and 22% of the variance in vocational identity. These findings suggest that more holistic career counseling interventions could incorporate mindfulness techniques to help reduce anxiety and negative thoughts while increasing self‐clarity and problem‐solving skills. Future research could include more diverse samples, additional constructs (e.g., choice volition, self‐efficacy), and a pretest–posttest design to examine the efficacy of mindfulness‐based career interventions.

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正念和决策风格：预测职业思想和职业认同

正念是近几十年来心理学研究和实践的重点。然而，关于正念与职业决策之间关系的研究很少。这项研究的目的是通过调查正念，决策风格，消极职业思想和职业认同之间的关系，来检验正念在职业背景下的作用。样本包括美国东南部一所大型大学的258名本科生（204名女性，54名男性）。正念显着（p<.01）与更少的消极职业思想，基于外部和基于思想的决策风格以及更高的职业形象相关。多元回归程序发现，正念与决策方式相结合，在否定职业思想中占31％，在职业认同中占22％。这些发现表明，更全面的职业咨询干预措施可以结合正念技术，以帮助减少焦虑和消极想法，同时提高自我清晰度和解决问题的能力。未来的研究可能包括更多样本，其他构造（例如选择意愿，自我效能感）以及前测后测设计，以检验正念职业干预的效果。