Assessment is found to be negatively related to a mindful state of being, as mindfulness entails being attuned to the present in a non-judgmental fashion, while assessment involves a constant state of comparison. Furthermore, an assessment orientation typically fixates on the distant future. 

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Comparative aspect of self-regulation that is focused on critically evaluating one’s own state, as it relates to other people in order to judge relative quality. Assessment promotes highly critical self-judgments and evaluations of others persons on various dimensions, including attainments and social image. This type of regulatory mode is characterized by an intense focus on self-evaluation, fear of invalidity, self-consciousness, need for social comparison and greater sensitivity to deviations from external standards.

Regulatory modes mediating materialism: Assessment

Giacomantonio, M., De Cristofaro, V., Panno, A. et al. The mindful way out of materialism: Mindfulness mediates the association between regulatory modes and materialism. Curr Psychol (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00850-w

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