Meditators' Non-academic Definition of Mindfulness
Alvear Morón, David (Universidad del País Vasco)
Soler, Joaquim (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Cebolla Marti, Ausias (Universitat de València)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Data:	2022
Resum:	Mindfulness has been defined differently in academic scientific contexts and in Buddhist academic contexts. An under-studied area is that of lay (non-academic) theories of mindfulness. The goal of this article is to identify, organize, analyze in detail, and provide themes from the meditators' definitions of mindfulness. Possible differences and similarities of the collected definitions of mindfulness with the scientific-academic definitions and with the academic-Buddhist definitions are also checked. A qualitative and inductive thematic analysis on the definitions of mindfulness offered by the participants was carried out. The sample consisted of 326 meditators who offered a definition of mindfulness through an open question. Seven themes were identified: (1) mindfulness defined as attention/awareness; (2) mindfulness defined as a non-evaluative attitude; (3) mindfulness defined as strategy; (4) mindfulness defined from a theoretical analysis; (5) mindfulness defined as a psycho-affective-spiritual state; (6) mindfulness defined as personal development; and (7) lack of understanding of mindfulness. From these themes, it can be deduced that the definitions collected share more patterns of meaning with the scientific-academic definition of mindfulness than with the academic-Buddhist one. The findings of this study provide new insights into the complexity and heterogeneity of the definition of mindfulness. What has been discovered may indicate the complexity of the mindfulness construct itself. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10. 1007/s12671-022-01899-3.
Ajuts:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación RTI2018-097835-A-I00
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Lay theories ; Meditation ; Mindfulness ; Qualitative research ; Thematic analysis
Publicat a:	Mindfulness, may 2022, p. 1-11, ISSN 1868-8535

DOI: 10.1007/s12671-022-01899-3
PMID: 35634214

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