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9. Kasser & Ryan’s (2001) study of attainment for intrinsic goals and extrinsic goals found that:

Achievement of any kind was related to greater well-being.

Achieving intrinsic and extrinsic goals had an additive effect on well-being.

Only attainment of intrinsic goals was related to greater well-being.

Achievement was only related to greater well-being when it was related to a specific goal set by the individual.

For people high in mindfulness there is a strong, negative correlation between implicit and explicit assessments of affect, whereas for people low in mindfulness this correlation is weak, but positive.

For people high in mindfulness there is no correlation between implicit and explicit assessments of affect, whereas for people low in mindfulness there is a significant positive correlation.

The relation between implicit and explicit reports was stronger for participants low in mindfulness.

For people high in mindfulness there is a strong, positive correlation between implicit and explicit assessments of affect, whereas for people low in mindfulness this correlation is actually negative.