A network approach to the five-facet model of mindfulness
Open Access
- 23 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Scientific Reports
- Vol. 11 (1), 1-11
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94151-2
Abstract
Despite the large-scale dissemination of mindfulness-based interventions, debates persist about the very nature of mindfulness. To date, one of the dominant views is the five-facet approach, which suggests that mindfulness includes five facets (i.e., Observing, Describing, Nonjudging, Nonreactivity, and Acting with Awareness). However, uncertainty remains regarding the potential interplay between these facets. In this study, we investigated the five-facet model via network analysis in an unselected sample (n = 1704). We used two distinct computational network approaches: a Gaussian graphical model (i.e., undirected) and a directed acyclic graph, with each model determining the relations between the facets and their relative importance in the network. Both computational approaches pointed to the facet denoting Acting with Awareness as playing an especially potent role in the network system. Altogether, our findings offer novel data-driven clues for the field's larger quest to ascertain the very foundations of mindfulness.Funding Information
- Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS (Grant “1.C.059.18F”)
- Belgian American Educational Foundation
- research fellowship from the “Beau Vallon Psychiatric Hospital”
- "Special Research Funds” — FSR Research Grant from the Université catholique de Louvain
- Coordinated Research Grant from the French Community of Belgium ((ARC Grant 19/24-100))
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