Mindfulness and motivation are both highly researched topics of great consequence for individual and social wellness. Using the lens of self-determination theory, we review evidence indicating that mindfulness is differentially related to different types of motivations, playing a facilitating role for highly autonomous forms of motivation, but not for externally controlled or introjected (self-controlling) forms of motivation. A key contribution of this review is our contention that mindfulness confers a range of intra- and interindividual benefits (e.g., well-being and prosociality) in part through its relation to autonomous motivations, a claim for which we outline preliminary evidence. Finally, we discuss how future research connecting mindfulness and motivation is important for both fields of study, for applied practices in areas such as psychotherapy and business, and for enhancing understanding of the processes underlying human wellness.

正念和动机都是高度研究的主题，对个人和社会健康具有重要意义。使用自我决定理论的视角，我们回顾了证据表明正念与不同类型的动机不同，对高度自主的动机形式起到促进作用，但对外部控制或内射（自我控制）形式的动机没有促进作用. 本综述的一个关键贡献是我们的论点，即正念赋予一系列个体内部和个体间的好处（例如，福祉和亲社会性），部分是通过其与自主动机的关系，我们概述了初步证据。最后，我们讨论了未来将正念和动机联系起来的研究对这两个研究领域的重要性，