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Self-esteem mediates the relationship between mindfulness and social anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Tan, Jianfeng,Lo, Pouchan,Ge, Nie,Chu, Chengjing
  • 학회/출판사/기관명SOCIETY FOR PERSONALITY RESEARCH
  • 출판년도2016
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Social behavior and personality
  • 발행사항Vol.44No.8[2016]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0301-2212
  • 소개/요약We examined self-esteem as a mediator of the relationship between mindfulness and social anxiety in a Chinese cultural context. Participants comprised 508 Chinese undergraduate students, who completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Interaction Anxiousness Scale. Results showed that social anxiety was negatively correlated with mindfulness and self-esteem, and that mindfulness was positively correlated with self-esteem. Mediation analysis revealed that self-esteem partially mediated the association between mindfulness and social anxiety. Thus, we suggest that mindfulness decreases social anxiety because high mindfulness fosters high self-esteem. Mindfulness practice, for example, meditation, can be used as a preventive therapy to help Chinese adults to reduce their social anxiety,