An energizing microintervention: How mindfulness fosters subjective vitality through regulatory processes and flow experience at work.
Journal of occupational health psychology February 1, 2024 Charlotte Hohnemann, Wladislaw Rivkin, Stefan Diestel 13 citations
A brief morning meditation before work can improve well-being later in the evening by fostering autonomous self-regulation and increasing the experience of flow at work. In a 10-day quasi-experimental study with 78 participants, a 10-minute mindfulness intervention during the final 5 days showed a positive indirect effect on subjective vitality in the evening through self-regulation and flow. However, the intervention did not indirectly affect vitality via effortful self-control. The findings clarify how mindfulness influences distinct regulatory processes that cross the boundary between work and home domains.