A meta-analysis of the association between mindfulness and motivation

Introduction Mindfulness reflects attention to the present moment in a non-judgmental way and has been linked individual autonomy motivation, but conclusions are inconsistent. The purpose of this review was summarize previous studies explore relationship between mindfulness motivation its intervention effects. Methods Literature searches were conducted five electronic databases. Both correlational assessing association experimental verify effect included. Results Six papers with seven twenty-three twenty-seven met inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis showed that positively correlated intrinsic ( r = 0.28, p < 0.0001) total 0.37, had no significant correlation extrinsic 0.01, 0.93) or amotivation −0.17, 0.14). Effect-size estimates suggested beneficial promotion, at low level g 0.12). Conclusion We found consistent support for practice relating especially on development. However, there still portion heterogeneity could not be explained needed identified future studies.