Mindful individuals orient to ongoing events and experiences in a receptive, attentive
manner. This experiential mode of processing suggests implications for the perception of
and response to stress situations. Using laboratory-based, longitudinal, and daily diary
designs, four studies examined the role of mindfulness on appraisals of and coping with
stress experiences in college students, and the consequences of such stress processing for
well-being. Across the four studies (n's= 65− 141), results demonstrated that mindful�…