A network approach to the five-facet model of mindfulness
(2021) Scientific Reports — Vol. 11, n° 1, p. 15094 [1-11] (2021)
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Hoebeke, Yorgo 
Blanchard, Annelise
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- 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.
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Heeren, A., Lannoy, S., Coussement, C., Hoebeke, Y., Verschuren, A., Blanchard, A., Chakroun-Baggioni, N., Philippot, P., & Gierski, F. (2021). A network approach to the five-facet model of mindfulness. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 15094 [1-11]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94151-2 (Original work published 2021)