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Self-interest may not be entirely in the interest of the self: Association between selflessness, dispositional mindfulness and psychological well-being 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Hanley, Adam W.,Baker, Anne K.,Garland, Eric L.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam
  • 출판년도2017
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Personality and individual differences
  • 발행사항Vol.117No.-[2017]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0191-8869
  • 소개/요약The association between mindfulness and selflessness is firmly grounded in classical Indo-Sino-Tibetan contemplative traditions, but has received limited empirical attention from Western researchers. In Buddhism, the relationship between mindfulness and the self is of central concern to the cultivation of well-being. Mindfulness is believed to encourage insight into the truly insubstantial nature of the self, an understanding that is thought to encourage well-being. The present study explores these relationships, attending to dispositional mindfulness, the self as it exists on a continuum from self-centered to selfless, and psychological well-being. Results indicate a positive relationship between selflessness, dispositional mindfulness, and psychological well-being. It appears that construing the self as interdependent and interconnected with a broader social, natural, and cosmic context is linked with greater psychological well-being and dispositional mindfulness. Path analyses revealed that selflessness mediated the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and psychological well-being.