Abstract

Although evidence suggests many benefits of mindfulness, interpersonal forms of mindfulness are understudied. We present the conceptualization of a novel theoretical construct, mindful partnering, as interpersonal mindfulness with ones’ romantic partner; we also present initial validation of the Mindful Partnering Measure (MPM). Participants were 599 individuals from: (1) an undergraduate student sample recruited from a University subject pool (used for exploratory factor analyses, N = 335) and (2) a sample of married adults that was recruited through Mechanical Turk (used for confirmatory factor analyses, N = 264, subsets used for construct validity N = 147, and test-retest analyses N = 53). Results of the EFA and CFA supported a five-factor structure with the subscales: (1) mindful awareness, (2) nonreactivity, (3) emotional awareness, (4) acceptance/compassion, and (5) self-compassion. Tests of internal consistency, construct validity, and test-retest reliability in the sample of married adults provided evidence for reliability and validity of the total MPM to assess mindful partnering, as well as the mindful awareness and acceptance/compassion subscales. However, the other subscales did not demonstrate adequate test-retest reliability. Use of this measure in further research will allow for the study of the potential correlates and benefits of mindful partnering to further our understanding of this novel construct.

摘要

尽管有证据表明正念有许多好处，但人际形式的正念尚未得到充分研究。我们提出了一种新颖的理论结构的概念化，即正念伴侣，即与浪漫伴侣的人际正念；我们还对正念合作措施 (MPM) 进行了初步验证。参与者有 599 名，来自：(1) 从大学主题库中招募的本科生样本（用于探索性因素分析，N  = 335）和 (2) 通过 Mechanical Turk 招募的已婚成年人样本（用于验证性因素）分析，N  = 264，用于构建有效性的子集N  = 147，以及重测分析N  = 53）。EFA 和 CFA 的结果支持具有分量表的五因素结构：（1）正念意识，（2）不反应，（3）情绪意识，（4）接受/同情，以及（5）自我同情。对已婚成年人样本的内部一致性、结构效度和重测信度的测试为评估正念伴侣以及正念意识和接受/同情子量表的总 MPM 的可靠性和有效性提供了证据。然而，其他分量表没有表现出足够的重测可靠性。在进一步的研究中使用这一措施将有助于研究正念合作的潜在关联和好处，以进一步加深我们对这一新颖结构的理解。