From a state to a trait: Trajectories of state mindfulness in meditation during intervention predict changes in trait mindfulness

• Published in: Personality and individual differences Vol. 81; pp. 41 - 46
• Main Authors: Kiken, Laura G., Garland, Eric L., Bluth, Karen, Palsson, Olafur S., Gaylord, Susan A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Latent growth; Meditation; Mindfulness; State; Trait; Trait; Meditation; Mindfulness; State; Latent growth; trait; state; latent growth; meditation

•We assessed state mindfulness in meditation weekly during a mindfulness intervention.•Individuals’ rates of change in state mindfulness in meditation varied significantly.•These individual trajectories predicted pre-post changes in trait mindfulness.•They also directly and indirectly predicted chan...