Mindfulness is positively related with this mode type, which could thereby explain the mediating role mindfulness plays on materialistic behaviors and the patterns of association. 

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Individuals high in this type of mode does not weight the value of a goal, but rather appreciates the steady movement as it progresses forward. Locomotors focus more on the present moment in time and current physical and psychological state of being. Characterized by ability to ignore past events, willingness to self-forgive, absence of counterfactual thinking and regret and is therefore negatively correlated with materialistic behaviors

Regulatory modes mitigating materialism: Locomotion

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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