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This longitudinal study prospectively examined the impact of social support and dispositional mindfulness on 12-month follow-up psychological distress among older gay men. A sample of 186 gay men in Australia aged 42 years and older completed measures of 3 types of social support (appraisal, belonging, and tangible), dispositional mindfulness, and psychological distress at baseline, and the same measure of psychological distress in a follow-up survey approximately 12 months later. Although none of the social support measures, nor dispositional mindfulness, uniquely predicted psychological distress at follow-up, there was a significant interaction between each of the social support measures and dispositional mindfulness. Specifically, all 3 types of social support predicted lower psychological distress at follow-up for men who were low in dispositional mindfulness. However, men who were high in …