Mindfulness, Anxiety and Affective Forecasting Accuracy Within A Student Population

Abstract

The present study tested the hypothesis that mindfulness moderates the relationship between anxiety and affective forecasting accuracy. Participants (n = 48) predicted how happy or unhappy they would feel in response to an upcoming exam’s results then later reported their actual levels of happiness after they received their grade. Trait mindfulness did not moderate the relationship between trait anxiety and affective forecasting accuracy. Furthermore, there was no relationship between trait anxiety and affective forecasting accuracy. These findings suggest that mindfulness may not help attenuate the relationship between anxiety and affective forecasting accuracy as theorized.