Recent research suggests that mindfulness meditation may impair motivation towards traditional laboratory tasks. The present research explored the effects of meditation on motivation towards personal goals and an anagram task. In Study 1 (n = 200), participants in the mindfulness condition reported greater goal motivation than those in a comparison podcast condition (due to a decrease in the podcast condition); this difference remained 10 min later. Exploratory analyses revealed no differences between conditions in post-manipulation anagram motivation. In Study 2 (n = 120), participants in the mindfulness condition reported greater goal motivation than those in the podcast condition; this difference remained 20 min later. There were no differences between conditions in anagram motivation. Furthermore, goal motivation increased from before to after meditating, whereas anagram motivation remained the same. These findings oppose the notion that meditation impairs motivation and instead suggest that meditation may offer motivational benefits for personal goal pursuit.

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正念动机：短暂的正念冥想可以增强实现个人目标的动力吗？

最近的研究表明，正念冥想可能会削弱传统实验室任务的动力。本研究探讨了冥想对个人目标和字谜任务的动机的影响。在研究 1 ( n  = 200) 中，正念条件的参与者报告的目标动机比比较播客条件的参与者更高（由于播客条件的减少）；这种差异在 10 分钟后仍然存在。探索性分析显示，操纵后的字谜动机条件之间没有差异。在研究 2 ( n = 120)，正念条件下的参与者报告的目标动机比播客条件下的更高；这种差异在 20 分钟后仍然存在。字谜动机条件之间没有差异。此外，目标动机从冥想前到冥想后增加，而字谜动机保持不变。这些发现反对冥想会损害动机的观点，而是表明冥想可能为个人目标追求提供动机益处。