The influence of dispositional mindfulness on the academic affective forecasting biases of middle school students

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2021.01203

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on real tests and laboratory simulations, the effect and mechanism of dispositional mindfulness on academic affective forecasting biases of junior high school students were investigated. The results showed that: (1) there were affective forecasting biases in academic field; (2) dispositional mindfulness affected the affective forecasting biases, and the affective forecasting biases of junior high school students with a high level of dispositional mindfulness were smaller, and vice versa; (3) attentional focus mediated the effect of dispositional mindfulness on affective forecasting biases. This study put forward the “amplification-bonding” interpretation model of mindfulness, which promoted the research of affective forecasting in academic field, and had good ecological validity and practical educational value.

Key words: affective forecasting biases, dispositional mindfulness, attentional focus, academic emotion, ecological validity

SUN Lin, DUAN Tao, LIU Wei, CHEN Ning. (2021). The influence of dispositional mindfulness on the academic affective forecasting biases of middle school students. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 53(11), 1203-1214.

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Situation	dispositional mindfulness grouping	Emotion prediction	Emotional experience	Relative bias	Absolute bias
Goal achievement group	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 61)	3.79 ± 1.11	3.13 ± 1.35	-0.66 ± 1.31	1.16 ± 0.89
Goal achievement group	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 61)	3.93 ± 1.09	3.35 ± 1.20	-0.58 ± 0.93	0.82 ± 0.73
Goal non-achievement group	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 72)	3.18 ± 1.25	2.72 ± 1.21	-0.46 ± 1.42	1.10 ± 1.00
Goal non-achievement group	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 73)	2.92 ± 1.10	2.84 ± 1.17	-0.08 ± 1.05	0.74 ± 0.74

Situation	dispositional mindfulness grouping	Emotion prediction	Emotional experience	Relative bias	Absolute bias
Goal achievement group	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 61)	3.79 ± 1.11	3.13 ± 1.35	-0.66 ± 1.31	1.16 ± 0.89
Goal achievement group	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 61)	3.93 ± 1.09	3.35 ± 1.20	-0.58 ± 0.93	0.82 ± 0.73
Goal non-achievement group	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 72)	3.18 ± 1.25	2.72 ± 1.21	-0.46 ± 1.42	1.10 ± 1.00
Goal non-achievement group	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 73)	2.92 ± 1.10	2.84 ± 1.17	-0.08 ± 1.05	0.74 ± 0.74

Situation	dispositional mindfulness grouping	Emotion prediction	Emotional experience	Relative bias	Absolute bias
Success feedback	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 36)	3.07 ± 1.02	3.27 ± 1.05	0.19 ± 1.13	0.90 ± 0.70
Success feedback	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 34)	3.44 ± 1.00	3.50 ± 1.10	0.06 ± 0.76	0.57 ± 0.50
Failure feedback	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 36)	2.93 ± 1.17	2.58 ± 1.29	-0.69 ± 1.52	1.33 ± 0.99
Failure feedback	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 34)	2.10 ± 1.19	2.76 ± 1.20	-0.74 ± 0.91	0.91 ± 0.73

Situation	dispositional mindfulness grouping	Emotion prediction	Emotional experience	Relative bias	Absolute bias
Success feedback	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 36)	3.07 ± 1.02	3.27 ± 1.05	0.19 ± 1.13	0.90 ± 0.70
Success feedback	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 34)	3.44 ± 1.00	3.50 ± 1.10	0.06 ± 0.76	0.57 ± 0.50
Failure feedback	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 36)	2.93 ± 1.17	2.58 ± 1.29	-0.69 ± 1.52	1.33 ± 0.99
Failure feedback	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 34)	2.10 ± 1.19	2.76 ± 1.20	-0.74 ± 0.91	0.91 ± 0.73

Situation	Dispositional mindfulness grouping	Emotion prediction	Emotional experience	Relative bias	Absolute bias
Succeed in the challenge	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 32)	4.05 ± 0.46	3.80 ± 0.62	-0.26 ± 0.57	0.46 ± 0.41
Succeed in the challenge	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 39)	4.11 ± 0.57	4.08 ± 0.63	-0.03 ± 0.31	0.21 ± 0.24
Fail in the challenge	Low dispositional mindfulness group (n = 33)	2.21 ± 0.87	2.83 ± 0.78	0.62 ± 1.02	0.83 ± 0.85
Fail in the challenge	High dispositional mindfulness group (n = 32)	2.14 ± 0.74	2.41 ± 0.89	0.27 ± 0.78	0.55 ± 0.61