Revista da SPAGESP
Print version ISSN 1677-2970
Abstract
BOHN, Marcela and MOSMANN, Clarisse Pereira. Conjugal intimacy: discriminating role of levels of mindfulness. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2021, vol.22, n.1, pp.114-127. ISSN 1677-2970.
This study assumes that mindfulness could be related to conjugal intimacy. The discriminating role of intimacy was investigated in two groups of individuals with higher and lower levels of mindfulness. 281 subjects, over 18 years old, participated in a stable relationship and cohabitation. They responded to the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale and the Personal Relationship Intimacy Scale in Relationships (PAIR). The results indicated that the factors of intimacy evaluated (communication, personal validation and openness to the outside) discriminated against the group with the highest levels of mindfulness. The study suggests that individuals with higher levels of mindfulness have an easier time developing intimacy in their relationships, contributing to the understanding of the considerable role of this ability in conjugality.
Keywords : Mindfulness; Couple Therapy; Self Disclosure.