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Relationships between mindfulness, self-control, and psychological functioning 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Bowlin, S. L.,Baer, R. A.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam
  • 출판년도2012
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Personality and individual differences
  • 발행사항Vol.52No.3[2012]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0191-8869
  • 소개/요약The purpose of this study was to investigate whether dispositional mindfulness (the tendency to be mindful in general daily life) accounts for variance in psychological symptoms and well-being after accounting for the influence of dispositional self-control (the tendency to be self-disciplined, reliable, hardworking, etc). A large sample of undergraduate students (N=280) completed self-report measures of mindfulness, self control, psychological wellbeing, and general psychological distress (depression and anxiety, and stress). As expected, both mindfulness and self-control were positively correlated with wellbeing and negatively correlated with general distress. Mindfulness was found to account for significant variance in psychological wellbeing and general distress after accounting for self-control. In addition, mindfulness was a significant moderator of the relationship between self-control and psychological symptoms. Results show that although self-control predicts significant variance in psychological health, mindfulness predicts incremental variance, suggesting that a mindful approach to ongoing experience can contribute to mental health in persons who are highly self-disciplined and hardworking.