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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Dec;23(4):743–749. doi: 10.1037/a0017579

Table 1.

Mindfulness language categories

Linguistic category Operationalization Examples
Mindfulness: State Describes the actual
mindfulness experience

  • Accept*

  • Balanc*

  • Calm*

  • Ease

  • Let*

  • Meditat*

  • Observ*

  • Present

  • Scan*

  • Soften*

  • Space

  • Willing
Mindfulness : journey Includes all words from
the mindfulness state
category plus challenges
surrounding the practice
of mindfulness

  • Automat*

  • Autopilot

  • Judg*

  • Sober

  • React*

  • Struggl*

  • Fight*

  • Fix*

  • Time

  • Discomfort

  • OK
*

Notes. = is a symbol for wild card in the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count program. It implies that all forms of the word will be counted.