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1、PsychologicalInquiryCopyrightC2007by2007,Vol.18,No.4,272281LawrenceErlbaumAssociates,Inc.REPLYAddressingFundamentalQuestionsAboutMindfulnessKirkWarrenBrownVirginiaCommonwealthUniversityRichardM.RyanUniversityofRochesterJ.DavidCreswellUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesEverymomentabeginn
2、ing,everymomentanend.4.Whataretheimplicationsofmindfulnesstheoryforourunderstandingofthemeaningofmindfulness-Salzman(2000)andforwhatwell-beingandoptimalfunctioningreallyis?Mindfulnessisessentiallyaboutwakinguptowhatthepresentmomentoffers.Itsoundseasy,butasmostIsMindfulnessaUniquePhenom
3、enon?ofusknow,wakingupcanbehardtodo.Itisalsochallengingtodiscusstheconceptofmindfulness;re-Severalcommentatorsarguedthatmindfulnesssearchonthetopiciscomparativelynewtothefieldofsharesconsiderablevariancewithotherphenomena,behavioralsciencebutmoredeeply,mindfulnesscon-includingself-aware
4、ness(LearyandTate)andself-cernsconsciousness,whichremainsademandingareafocusedattention(Baer).MasicampoandBaumeisterofstudy(Chalmers,1995).Butitisforsuchreasonsgofurther,arguingthatmindfulnessandinterventionsthatwewelcomedtheopportunityinourtargetarti-designedtoenhanceitcanbebetterunde
5、rstoodwithincletodescribesomeofthenuancesofmindfulness,aself-controlframework.Inourtargetarticleandelse-themanifoldbenefitsassociatedwithit,andthecur-where(e.g.,Brown&Ryan,2003),wehavearguedthatrentstateofinterventionsdesignedtofosterit.Themindfulnessisauniquequalityofconsciousness,andc
6、hallengesofthetopicalsomakesscholarlydiscus-wewelcomethisopportunitytodiscusshowitisdis-sionallthemoreimportanttofacilitateclarityabouttinctfromself-referentialphenomena,includingthosemindfulness,deepenourunderstandingofitsopera-identifiedbyLearyandTate,Baer,andMasicampoandtion,andexten
7、dtheboundariesofwhatweknowaboutBaumeister.itseffects.Wearethereforegratifiedtorespondtothethoughtfulquestions,uncertainties,andchallengestoourthesisprovidedbyanumberofastutecommenta-Ismindfulnessthesameasself-awarenesstors,whocollectivelyrepresentabroadrangeofex-andself-focusedattenti
