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Mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge: Relationships with health-related variables 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Ghasemipour, Y.,Robinson, J.A.,Ghorbani, N.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
  • 출판년도2013
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기International journal of psychology
  • 발행사항Vol.48No.6[2013]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0020-7594
  • 소개/요약This study examined how mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge were related to health-related issues. Men in general population (n = 103) and coronary heart disease samples (n = 101) completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the Integrative Self-knowledge Scale, the Type 2 subscale of the Interpersonal Reactions Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Anxiety and Depression Scales. In both samples, there was a moderate positive correlation between mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge and they were negatively correlated with all health-related variables. However, only integrative self-knowledge explained independent variance in health-related variables. Specifically, in both samples, the relationship between mindfulness and health-related variables was mediated by integrative self-knowledge. Mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge are related domains of self-awareness that are associated with a range of health-related variables. These relationships are robust across samples drawn from general population and patients with coronary heart disease. The finding that integrative self-knowledge explained additional variance in the health-related variables after the contribution of mindfulness had been accounted for suggests that reflective self-awareness in integrative self-knowledge may make a unique contribution to the explanation of individual differences in health variables.