Mediating Role of Mindfulness and Self-Regulation in the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Subjective Well-Being among University Students.

Study at a glance

Characteristics	Cross-sectional study Peer reviewed
Population	University students
Topics	Meditation
Key findings	Argues that mindfulness and self-regulation mediate the relationship between perceived stress and subjective well-being, indicating that stress diminishes well-being partly through its impact on these psychological processes.

Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.

Study	Year	Design	Participants
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