Is Mindfulness Linked to Life Satisfaction? Testing Savoring Positive Experiences and Gratitude as Mediators.
Frontiers in Psychology March 3, 2021 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.591103 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional or correlational study (implied by 'testing mediators') Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The abstract does not report findings; it only outlines the proposed mediation model, suggesting that mindfulness is linked to life satisfaction through savoring positive experiences and gratitude. |
Abstract
Is Mindfulness Linked to Life Satisfaction? Testing Savoring Positive Experiences and Gratitude as Mediators.
Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
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