AN INVESTIGATION ON BEHAVIOR COVERING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOUGHTFULNESS AND PERCEPTIVE RESILIENCY
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The aim of the study is to explore the relationship between mindfulness and cognitive flexibility with an objective behavioural assessment. Mindfulness was assessed with breath counting (BC) accuracy recording on a computer program focusing on attentional self-awareness in the present. Ninety-four healthy volunteers from Thailand and the United Kingdom participated in a laboratory. Next, cognitive flexibility was measured by the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) to assess shifting and inhibiting ability of executive functions. The WCST indicated perseverative behaviours and cognitive flexibility. The results showed BC accuracy negatively correlated with the score of failure to maintain set of the WCST, and uniquely predicted failure to maintain set score with hierarchical linear regressions. The findings suggest that the more individual pay attention to the self-awareness of the present, the greater their performance on inhibition tasks. Implications of the study contribute to the theoretical literature of mechanism of mindfulness on cognitive flexibility. Limitations of the study was discussed.
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