Mindfulness Matters: Untangling Entrapment and Mental Well-Being in Married Couples.
The Psychiatric quarterly June 11, 2025 Yusuf Akyıl, Beste Erdinç, Seydi Ahmet Satıcı 3 citations
Entrapment—a feeling of being trapped—harms the mental well-being of married individuals, and mindfulness within the marriage plays a mediating role. Data from 423 married couples (846 people) showed that for both husbands and wives, one partner's entrapment predicted the other partner's mindfulness, which in turn predicted the first partner's mental well-being. For example, women's entrapment predicted their own well-being through men's mindfulness, and women's mindfulness predicted men's well-being. Higher mindfulness in a spouse experiencing entrapment is expected to improve both partners' well-being.