The Influence Of Mindfulness On The Satisfaction Of College Students' Intimate Relationship

Previous studies have shown that level of mindfulness can positively predict individuals' satisfaction with their romantic relationship,and according to the monitor-andacceptance theory(MAT,Lindsay & Creswell,2015),mindfulness is composed of two dimensions of monitoring and acceptance.Based this,research on more microscopic mechanisms is still insufficient.In addition,the previous research of the relationship between the two has only used the perspective of investigation of trait variables,lacking research from the dynamic and state micro level.Based on this background,current Study 1 examines the dynamic impact of mindfulness on romantic relationship satisfaction in everyday life,and examines the mediating role of positive and negative communication in it.53 undergraduate students and graduate students completed intensive follow-up measurements of mindfulness and romantic relationship satisfaction 3 times a day for 14 days(Ambulatory assessment).Use Mplus7.0 to analyze the data.The results show that the individual's level of monitoring negatively predicts their satisfaction with romantic relationship,while positive and negative communication do not play mediating roles in such relationship;acceptance levels positively predict their satisfaction with romantic relationships,and positive communication plays a mediating role in such relationship.Study 2 explored the APIMs of the association between two parts of mindfulness,respectively monitoring and acceptance,and relationship satisfaction,as well as the mediating role of positive and negative communication at the within-person level.101 college student couples completed the ambulatory assessment of mindfulness and romantic relationship satisfaction 3 times a day for 14 days through dynamic assessment.Mplus7.0 was used to analyze the data.The results show that the acceptance level of women can predict the satisfaction of men's romantic relationship satisfaction negatively,and predict the romantic relationship satisfaction of women positively.In the relationship between women's monitoring and men's relationship satisfaction,women's negative communication plays a mediating role,while women's positive and negative communication play a mediating role between women's acceptance and women's relationship satisfaction.It can be seen that at the within-person level,state mindfulness can significantly affect the individual's own romantic relationship satisfaction,but the interaction between partners exists only in female monitoring;there are only actor effect shown in other APIMs between monitoring and acceptance and relationship satisfaction.In other words,even in the binary model,mindfulness is still a very individual psychological mechanism.