Dispositional mindfulness as a moderator between perceived stress and psychological symptoms in Chinese digestive tract cancer patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 810-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyu Zhong ◽  
Pei Hwa Goh ◽  
Di Li ◽  
Junyi Bao ◽  
Wei Xu
Keyword(s):  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dispositional Mindfulness ◽  
Digestive Tract Cancer ◽  
Tract Cancer ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Relationship

Mindfulness has been garnering increased attention within the area of clinical psychology due to its theorized and empirical associations with psychological well-being. Using a sample of patients diagnosed with digestive tract cancer ( N = 292), we examined the relationship between perceived stress and psychological symptoms at varying levels of dispositional mindfulness. Results showed significant associations between perceived stress and psychological symptoms. More importantly, the relationship between perceived stress and psychological symptoms was only significant for patients with low, but not high, levels of dispositional mindfulness. Implications and future research directions were discussed.

Fulfillment of Sport Spectator Motives: The Mediation Effect of Well-Being

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1421-1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
TzuShuo Ryan Wang ◽  
Sophia D. Min ◽  
Suk Kyu Kim
Keyword(s):  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Sport Spectator ◽  
The Relationship

Spectator motives have been conventionally used to explain sport spectator behavior, such as word-of-mouth recommendations and revisit intention. A review of the literature suggests that the predictability of spectator motives is both inconsistent and context dependent. We proposed that these factors can be reconciled by directly examining the role of spectator well-being in the relationship between spectator motives and repatronage behavior. Our findings revealed that spectator well-being significantly mediates the effects of 5 motives, that is, achievement, aesthetics, knowledge, family, and escape, on sport spectator revisit intention and word-of-mouth recommendations. Future research directions are also discussed.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Human Well-Being and Carbon Emissions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 547
Author(s):  
Qin Li ◽  
Hongmin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Relationship

Governments around the world are actively exploring strategies to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. In addition to technological progress, promoting a transformation of residents’ behaviors to a low carbon mode is also a solution. Many people are concerned about how to reduce carbon emissions while ensuring human well-being. Starting from the comparative analysis of two main theories of human well-being, this paper sorted out existing well-being measurement methods from the perspectives of “top-down” and “bottom-up” and further sorted out research on the relationship between human well-being and energy carbon emissions. While “top-down” research is conducive to the layout of macro policies, “bottom-up” research can better help to promote the transformation of society to a low carbon life by estimating the energy consumption and carbon emissions contained in human needs. Current research discusses human well-being, human needs, energy use and carbon emissions, respectively, but they are not systematically integrated. Furthermore, this paper proposes a framework combining these aspects to analyze the relationship between human well-being and carbon emissions. In addition, this paper suggests future research directions.

scholarly journals Nomological Network of Dispositional Mindfulness: Evidence from MIDUS-II and MIDUS-III

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Min-Sun Kim ◽  
Atsushi Oshio ◽  
Eun-Joo Kim ◽  
Satoshi Akutsu ◽  
Ayano Yamaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Nomological Network ◽  
Dispositional Mindfulness ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health And Well Being

While dispositional mindfulness is a popular construct in the field of positive psychology, its nomological network in the context of health and well-being is not well established. Our study addresses this limitation by examining the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and various health-related psychological constructs, including personality, social well-being, and affective states. Data for this study were gathered from the national longitudinal studies of health and well-being called Midlife in the United States (MIDUS-II and MIDUS-III). The nomological network analysis of dispositional mindfulness showed positive associations with both religiosity and overall well-being measures (e.g., Social Well-Being, Sympathy, Optimism, and Generativity) and negative associations with maladaptive tendencies (e.g., Pessimism, Aggression, Neuroticism, and Personal Constraints). Finally, test-retest validity was positively verified by significant correlations among the variables, spanning over ten years. Articulating a nomological network of dispositional mindfulness has important implications for future research and practice.  

Do Social Networking Sites Influence Well-Being? The Extended Active-Passive Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 096372142110536
Author(s):  
Philippe Verduyn ◽  
Nino Gugushvili ◽  
Ethan Kross
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
User Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Passive Model

Do social networking sites (SNSs) influence well-being? According to the active-passive model of SNS use, the impact of SNSs on well-being depends on how they are used: Using SNSs actively to interact with other users positively affects well-being, whereas passive consumption of SNS content negatively affects well-being. However, emerging evidence suggests that the active-passive distinction is too coarse to fully capture the relationship between SNS use and well-being. Here we describe the extended active-passive model of SNS use, which refines the original model in three ways: It decomposes active use, decomposes passive use, and crosses usage types with user characteristics. We describe recent empirical evidence illustrating the benefits of these three extensions and highlight important future research directions. The extended active-passive model of SNS use provides a nuanced understanding of the relationship between SNS use and well-being by highlighting that active use of SNSs is not always beneficial and passive use is not always detrimental.

scholarly journals Social networking’s peril: Cognitive absorption, social networking usage, and depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stoney Brooks ◽  
Phil Longstreet
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Cognitive Absorption ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Relationship

Social networking has become commonplace in today’s always-connected world. Due to this ubiquity, researchers have sought to explore the positive and negative effects that can result from usage of social networking. This research has shown many effects on an individual's psychological well-being, with one of the most concerning being mixed results of how usage relates to depression. In this study, we further examine the relationship between usage and depression for social networking users. In addition, we posit that aspects of cognitive absorption, namely temporal dissonance, focused immersion, and heightened enjoyment, have a direct effect on the amount of usage. A survey of 251 social networking users reveals that temporal dissociation and heightened enjoyment are associated with increased usage, and usage was found to be associated with greater levels of depression. Further, prior research has shown a significant difference between genders in Internet usage and social networking. Therefore, we report our findings as an overall analysis and as a gender-based between-groups analysis. This analysis shows that more variance is explained for females than males in most relationships. Implications for research and society are discussed along with future research directions.

scholarly journals Mindfulness and Its Relationship With Perceived Stress, Affect, and Burnout in Elite Junior Athletes

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Gustafsson ◽  
Therése Skoog ◽  
Paul Davis ◽  
Göran Kenttä ◽  
Peter Haberl
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dispositional Mindfulness ◽  
Junior Athletes ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and burnout and whether this relationship is mediated by perceived stress, negative affect, and positive affect in elite junior athletes. Participants were 233 (123 males and 107 females) adolescent athletes, ranging in age from 15–19 years (M = 17.50; SD = 1.08). Bivariate correlations revealed that mindfulness had a significant negative relationship with both perceived stress and burnout. To investigate mediation, we employed nonparametric bootstrapping analyses. These analyses indicated that positive affect fully mediated links between mindfulness and sport devaluation. Further, positive affect and negative affect partially mediated the relationships between mindfulness and physical/emotional exhaustion, as well as between mindfulness and reduced sense of accomplishment. The results point toward mindfulness being negatively related to burnout in athletes and highlight the role of positive affect. Future research should investigate the longitudinal effect of dispositional mindfulness on stress and burnout.

Relating mindfulness to financial well-being through materialism: evidence from India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishit Kumar Sinha ◽  
Pankaj Kumar ◽  
Pushpendra Priyadarshi
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dispositional Mindfulness ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Mindfulness Practices ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and financial well-being (FWB) and the mediating role of materialism on this relationship.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual framework is provided to support the research hypotheses. A survey with 311 working professionals from India allowed the hypothesized relationship to be tested through regression-based models.FindingsThe findings reveal that the three dimensions of FWB – financial anxiety, current money management stress and perceived financial security – are predicted by mindfulness and materialism even after controlling for several demographic variables. Materialism mediates the relationship between mindfulness and FWB.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings are subject to the usual cautions associated with self-reported cross-sectional data. Future research may incorporate mindfulness interventions to establish causal relationships.Practical implicationsThe study provides theoretical guidance to the policymakers and the financial institutions, including banks, which may focus on malleable factors beyond merely income to enhance FWB. Mindfulness is not only a trait but also could be cultivated by various physical and online-based mindfulness practices. Banks may integrate tools promoting mindfulness within their interactive web framework in order to stimulate customers' control over their daily spending through enhancing mindful awareness of present financial actions and their impact on the financial future. Thus, organizations may institutionalize such programs within their framework to help their employees cultivate greater FWB. Mindfulness promotes less anxiety related to financial decisions, which may develop customers' value as well as business opportunities for banks.Originality/valueUnlike other FWB dispositional antecedents, which become relatively stable at the formative stage, mindfulness levels can be enhanced in different age-groups. To our knowledge, this is the first study to empirically establish that mindfulness exerts its beneficial effects on FWB directly, and, through reducing materialistic motives.

Special Issue on Psychophysiology and Neuroscience in Sport: Final Thoughts

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank L. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Current Special Issue

Consistent with the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology’s mission, the current special issue on psychophysiology and neuroscience in sport has brought together a variety of timely papers exploring the relationship between physiological processes and both sport performance and personal well-being. These final thoughts observe patterns noted among the papers in this issue, highlight future research directions, and most importantly, clarify where this emerging technology and its associated procedures currently stand in the evidence-based practice of clinical sport psychology.

scholarly journals Loneliness and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Roles of Personal, Social and Organizational Resources on Perceived Stress and Exhaustion among Finnish University Employees

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 7146
Author(s):  
Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi ◽  
Atte Oksanen ◽  
Anne Mäkikangas
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
University Employees ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Personal Resilience ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to investigate whether personal, social and organizational level resources can buffer against the negative effects of perceived loneliness on stress and exhaustion. The data was collected from Finnish university employees (n = 1463) in autumn 2020 via an electronic survey. Of the respondents, about 78% were working remotely, and 64% were female. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to analyze the main and moderating (i.e., buffering) effects. The results indicated that perceived loneliness was directly and positively associated with stress and exhaustion. Further, as hypothesized, personal resilience moderated the relationship between loneliness and stress and exhaustion, and organizational support moderated the relationship between loneliness and stress. Unexpectedly, organizational support did not moderate the loneliness–exhaustion relationship. Moreover, a sense of social belonging was not associated with stress and exhaustion, nor did it moderate loneliness and well-being relationships. The results demonstrate the importance of personal resilience and organizational support in enhancing well-being in organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research directions and practical ways to promote resilience and to increase organizational support are discussed.

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