Dispositional mindfulness and rejection sensitivity: The critical role of nonjudgment
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The pain of rejection is a crucial component of normal social functioning; however, heightened sensitivity to rejection can be impairing in numerous ways. Mindfulness-based interventions have been effective with several populations characterized by elevated sensitivity to rejection; however, the relationship between mindfulness and rejection sensitivity has been largely unstudied. The present study examines associations between rejection sensitivity and multiple dimensions of dispositional mindfulness, with the hypothesis that a nonjudgmental orientation to inner experiences would be both associated with decreased rejection sensitivity and attenuate the impact of sensitivity to rejection on general negative affect. A cross-sectional sample of undergraduates (n = 451) completed self-report measures of rejection sensitivity, dispositional mindfulness, and trait-level negative affect. Significant zero-order correlations and independent effects were observed between most facets of dispositional mindfulness and rejection sensitivity, with nonjudging demonstrating the largest effects. As predicted, rejection sensitivity was associated with negative affectivity for people low in nonjudging (β = .27, t = 5.12, p < .001) but not for people high in nonjudging (β = .06, t = .99, p = .324). These findings provide preliminary support for mindfulness, specifically the nonjudging dimension, as a protective factor against rejection sensitivity and its effects on affect.
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Trait mindfulness, especially the non-judging facet, has been linked to lower rejection sensitivity.
“A previous study showed that dispositional mindfulness, particularly the component of non-judgment, was negatively associated with rejection sensitivity (Peters et al. 2016).”
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- Authors
- Peters, J. R., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., & Smart, L. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Corresponding author
- Peters, Jessica R.
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-04
- Volume
- 93
- Pages
- 125-129
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4809056
- OpenAlex
- W829575813
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 5.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
- UNC Libraries
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH093315)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
- Keywords
- trait mindfulness, rejection sensitivity, non-judgment, negative affect, mindfulness-based interventions, protective factors, undergraduate students
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