Predicting Mindfulness levels According to Attachment Styles

Attachment is one of the psychological constructs which is affected by early caregiver-child relationships — different kind of attachment styles -based on the relationship between child and caregiver- effect on other psychological characteristics. Mindfulness as an attention to the present moment and awarding from inter/intrapersonal states is one of those characteristics. The present study aimed to predict mindfulness according to attachment styles: two hundred and sixty-eight students (231 male, 36 female) selected from the University of Tehran and the medical university of Tehran using convenience sampling method. The participants completed Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI) and Mindfulness Awareness Attention Scale (MAAS). The results indicate that secure attachment had positive correlation significantly with mindfulness and insecure attachment (ambivalence and avoidance) had negative correlation significantly with mindfulness. Linear regression analysis showed that secure attachment and ambivalence attachment could predict mindfulness significantly, while avoidance attachment couldn’t predict. The findings indicate that secure and ambivalent attachment styles can predict mindfulness.