While mindfulness has been used in Buddhist tradition for centuries，It wasn't until the 1970s that mindfulness became a method for treating common psychological problems，such as stress, worry, anxiety, and depression. Research on adult attachment can be traced back to the 1960s. The influence of adult attachment on negative affects is rooted in the interaction pattern formed with the caregivers during childhood. This paper explores the mechanism of adult attachment on negative affects and the moderating effect of mindfulness. The effects of mindfulness training on experiential avoidance and negative affects were explored through controlled experiments.
In Study 1，a cross一sectional study was conducted to investigate
the relationship among adult attachment, negative affects，experiential avoidance and mindfulness，and to examine the mediating effect of experiential avoidance on the relationship between adult attachment and negative affects, as well as the moderating effect of mindful ness on the latter half path of the mediating effect. Participants aged 18一60 years were recruited and measured with Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory, Depression一Anxiety一Stress Scale，Mindful Attention Awareness Scale，and Acceptance and Action Question naireII. The mediating effect test of attachment anxiety model showed that experiential avoidance played a partial mediating role in the relationship between adult attachment and negative affects. The median ng effect test of attachment avoidance model showed that experiential avoidance played a partial mediating role in the relationship bettyeen adult attachment and negative affect. In both models，the moderated mediating effect test results showed that with the improvement of individual mindfulness, the positive predictive effect of experiential avoidance on negative affects gradually decreased. In conclusion, experiential avoidance plays a mediating role in the relationship between adult attachment and negative affects，and mindfulness plays a moderating role in the latter half path of the mediating effect.
In Study 2，a longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the intervention effect of an adapted MBCT, which strengthened the intervention of experiential avoidance, on experiential avoidance and negative affects. The experimental group and the control group were recruited separately. The experimental group participated in the mindfulness training for nine weeks，while the control group waited for the same length of time. Both groups completed Depression-Anxiety一Stress Scale, Five一facet Mindfulness questionnaire short form, and the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire一II, within one week before and after training. Finally, 54 people in the experimental group and 54 in the control group completed the test. The results showed that compared with the control group, the trait mindfulness of the experimental group significantly improved, and the experiential avoidance and negative affects of the experimental group significantly reduced after the intervention. It can be concluded that the adapted MBCT course can help reduce experiential avoidance and negative affects.
In this study, it is concluded that adult attachment triggers negative affects through experiential avoidance, and mindfulness plays an inhibitory role in regulating the relationship between experiential avoidance and negative affects. Mindfulness training can help reduce the level of individual experiential avoidance and negative affects with feasibility and acceptability.
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