Is mindfulness linked to life satisfaction? Testing savoring positive experiences and gratitude as mediators

Cheung, R. Y. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0998-7991 and Lau, E. N. S. (2021) Is mindfulness linked to life satisfaction? Testing savoring positive experiences and gratitude as mediators. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. 591103. ISSN 1664-1078 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.591103

Abstract/Summary

Grounded in Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory, this study examined the relation between dispositional mindfulness and life satisfaction through mediating mechanisms including savoring positive experiences and gratitude. A total of 133 Chinese mindfulness practitioners at 20–72 years old were recruited from a 3-day transnational meditation event in Hong Kong. Findings based on structural equation modeling indicated that controlling for sex, age, education, family income, number of hours of mindfulness practice per week, and type of administration, dispositional mindfulness was associated with satisfaction with life through savoring positive experiences and gratitude as mediators. The findings provided initial evidence for these processes between mindfulness and life satisfaction in the Chinese context. To promote life satisfaction, researchers and mental health practitioners should recognize the chain of mechanisms related to mindfulness.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/107933
Identification Number/DOI	10.3389/fpsyg.2021.591103
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology
Publisher	Frontiers Media
Download/View statistics	View download statistics for this item