Mindfulness and self-regulation

Question 1

What are the 5 types of coping responses outlined by Poczwardowski & Conroy?

Answer 1

1. Appraisal-focused coping )seek to alter meaning by projecting forward in time - hope)
2. Emotion-focused coping (coping with negative emotions and success)
3. Problem-focused coping (approaching the problem to solve)
4. Avoidance focused coping (decreased effort, to protect self)
5. Failing in coping (eg crying)

Question 2

What is self-handicapping?

Answer 2

Establishing an impediment before performance, eg not studying.
Involves taking action.
Can be done unconsciously.

Question 3

What is sandbagging?

Answer 3

Creating artificially low expectations of performance ability.
Lowering expectations by predicting bad performance.
A defence mechanism to cope with the pressure to perform.

Question 4

What are Badham and King’s four mindfulness orientations?

Answer 4

1. Collective mindfulness - to enhance the adaptability, reliability and resilience of organisational cultures and systems.
2. Collective wisdom - to enhance consciously responsible collaborative and sustainable forms of governance.
3. Individual mindfulness - to enhance leaders capacity for being aware of, attentive to and accepting of experience.
4. Individual wisdom - to enhance leaders reflexivity, relationally and compassion in adopting and pursuing individual and collective purposes.

Question 5

What is Badham and King’s definition of mindfulness?

Answer 5

“A quality or state of mind that attends to experience, avoiding or overcoming mindlessness by giving full and proper attention to presence, context and purpose”