The state-like and skillful aspects of mindfulness: the roles of working memory and self-regulation.

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• Personal Author:
  Merlo KL
• Description:
  A common theme throughout the focal article (Hyland, Lee, & Mills, 2015) suggests that mindfulness is associated with a range of benefits, but the phenomenon itself is not well defined and conceptualized. Throughout the research area, mindfulness has been defined as a trait, as a skill, and, most commonly, as a state. In order to advance a productive research area, conceptual clarity is needed to further distinguish between these aspects of mindfulness. In this commentary, I will (a) provide a distinction between mindfulness as a state and the skill of entering a mindful state, (b) outline the implications of skillful mindfulness for working memory capacity (WMC) and job performance, and (c) discuss the conflicting hypotheses of state mindfulness and self-regulation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Mental health; Health effects; Psychological reactions; Physiological effects; Training; Psychology
• ISSN:
  1754-9426
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065157
• Citation:
  Ind Organ Psychol 2015 Dec; 8(4):633-638
• Contact Point Address:
  Kelsey L. Merlo, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 654 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA 30332
• Email:
  kmerlo@gatech.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249356/cdc_249356_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 119.56 KB ]