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Relationships between Mindfulness, Purpose in Life, Happiness, Anxiety, and Depression: Testing a Mediation Model in a Sample of Women
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2021
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Crego Díaz, Antonio, 1977- // Yela Bernabé, José Ramón. // Gómez Martínez, María Ángeles. // Riesco Matías, Pablo // Petisco Rodríguez, Cristina
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MDPI
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mindfulness; purpose in life; behavioral activation; happiness; anxiety; depression
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1573-7780
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Crego, Antonio, José Ramón Yela, María Ángeles Gómez-Martínez, Pablo Riesco-Matías, y Cristina Petisco-Rodríguez. «Relationships between mindfulness, purpose in life, happiness, anxiety, and depression: Testing a mediation model in a sample of women». International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, n.º 3 (2021): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH18030925.
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https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/3/925
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Mindfulness is connected to positive outcomes related to mental health and well-being.
However, the psychological mechanisms that account for these relationships are largely unknown.
A multiple-step multiple mediator structural equation modeling (SEM) model was tested with
mindfulness as the independent variable; purpose in life and behavioral activation as serial mediators;
and happiness, anxiety, and depression as outcome measures. Data were obtained from 1267 women.
Higher mindfulness was associated with higher levels of happiness and lower anxiety and depression
symptoms. The association of mindfulness with the outcome variables could be partially accounted
for by purpose in life and behavioral activation. The SEM model explained large proportions
of variance in happiness (50%), anxiety (34%), and depression (44%) symptoms. Mindfulness
is associated with both a sense of purpose in life and engagement in activities, which are also connected with positive outcomes. Moreover, having purposes in life is linked to higher levels of behavioral activation.
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