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ArticleJournal of marital and family therapy2026

Associations of Mindful Partnering With Mental and Relational Health.

Brock A Rigsby, Hannah C Dunlop, Samantha M Brown, Meara H Faw, Rachel G Lucas-Thompson

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Article in Journal of marital and family therapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Brock A RigsbyDepartment of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-8143
Hannah C DunlopColorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Samantha M BrownDepartment of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7704-8120
Meara H FawColorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Rachel G Lucas-ThompsonDepartment of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7558-2285

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Colorado School of Public HealthColorado State University College of Health and Human Sciences
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mindfulness is beneficial for mental health and romantic relationships. Recently, there has been a novel application of mindfulness to romantic relationships called "mindful partnering" (MP). Emerging evidence from interpersonal mindfulness frameworks suggests that relational forms of mindfulness may provide unique benefits for individuals and their relationships beyond those associated with partners' individual intrapersonal mindfulness. However, interpersonal mindfulness in relationships (MP) is multifaceted, and previous examinations of interpersonal mindfulness in couples have been limited by focusing on a small number of isolated features. In the current study, we applied actor-partner interdependence models in two samples (Ns = 168;170) to test how MP (including self-reports and observations) predicts mental and relational health outcomes. Results indicated that greater MP predicts fewer mental health symptoms and greater relationship health. Alongside literature supporting mindfulness as beneficial for couples, these results suggest that MP may be a strong target for couple-focused interventions.

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Interpersonal RelationsMental HealthMindfulnessPersonal SatisfactionSexual PartnersAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultdepressive symptomsdyadic adjustmentinterpersonal mindfulnessmental healthmindfulnessmindful partneringobservational methodsromantic relationshipsromantic satisfaction

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PMID42489088
PMCPMC13392980

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