Author/Authors :
Asadi, Masoud Department of Psychology - Faculty of Humanities - Arak University, Arak, Iran , Amini, Maryam Department of Counseling - Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran , Zarean, Fahimeh Department of Counseling - Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran , Ataei, Ayoub Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran , Niroumand Sarvandani, Mohammad Student Research Committee - School of Medicine - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran , Soleimani, Maryam Department of Psychology and Counseling - Faculty of Humanities - University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Abstract :
Background: Well-being is the biggest and most important goal of
human being life that affects a person's health more than anything else
does. This study aimed to investigate the role of mindfulness and its
dimensions in students' psychological well-being.
Methods: The research method was correlation and the statistical
population included all students of Kharazmi University. The sample
consisted of 240 students (126 females and 114 males) who were
selected by the convenience sampling method. The research
instruments were the five facet mindfulness questionnaire (FFMQ)
(Bauer et al. 2006) and Ryff's scale of the psychological well-being
(Ryff, 1980). Data analysis was performed using independent groups of
t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and stepwise regression.
Results: The obtained results showed that there is no significant
difference between male and female students in the variables of
mindfulness and psychological well-being. There is a positive and
significant correlation between psychological well-being and the
overall score of mindfulness as well as the dimensions of observing,
describing, acting with awareness, and non-reactive.
Conclusions: The variables of acting with awareness and describing
mindfulness dimensions were able to explain about 24% of the
variance of psychological well-being in two steps.
