Moderating Effect Of Mindfulness Research Articles

Correlation between sleep quality and job burnout among nurses: the moderating effect of mindfulness

Objective To analyze the correlation between sleep quality and job burnout among nurses and to explore the moderating effect of mindfulness in the correlation. Methods From September 2017 to March 2018, we selected 240 nurses in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University by convenience sampling. The general information, job burnout, sleep quality and mindfulness were investigated with the General Information Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey (MBI-GS) , Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) . A total of 240 questionnaires were sent out and collected with 226 valid questionnaires. Results Among 226 nurses, the score of job burnout was (3.04±1.01) . The total score and dimension scores of job burnout were positively correlated with the score of sleep quality (r=0.389-0.422, P<0.01) and negatively correlated with the score of mindfulness (r=-0.198--0.296, P<0.05) . Structural equation model multi-group analysis showed that mindfulness could moderate correlation between sleep and job burnout (P<0.01) . Conclusions Nurses have a low level of sleep quality and a high level of job burnout. Mindfulness can moderate correlation between sleep and job burnout among nurses. Increasing mindfulness of nurses can improve job burnout of them. Key words: Nurses; Job burnout; Sleep quality; Mindfulness; Moderating effect

A peer-influence perspective on compulsive social networking site use: Trait mindfulness as a double-edged sword

There is an increasing concern regarding the emergence of harmful compulsive use patterns among some social networking sites (SNSs) users. Although SNSs are efficient social interaction tools, there is a dearth of research that seeks to understand peer-influence determinants of compulsive SNS use. This study attempts to bridge this gap and tests a model that accounts for the effects of peer-influence mechanisms on compulsive SNS use. Because mindfulness is important for the observation of and cognitive deliberation regarding peer influences, the model also accounts for possible moderating effects of mindfulness. To test this model we conducted a two-wave survey of 155 SNS users from the US. Findings based on hierarchical regression models show that while observed increase in peer SNS use augments compulsive SNS use, social pressure self-efficacy reduces it. Trait mindfulness was found to accentuate these influences and serve as a double-edged sword: it strengthened the inhibiting effect of social pressure self-efficacy on compulsive SNS use, but increased the positive effect of observed peer use increase on compulsive SNS use. Moreover, about 11% of our sample met presumed rudimentary clinical compulsiveness screening criteria. Logistic regression showed that the likelihood of meeting these criteria is reduced with increases in SNS experience and social pressure self-efficacy. These findings can serve as a basis for the development of interventions that target such factors.

The Moderating Effects of Mindfulness in High School Girls’ Perfectionism and Test Anxiety

본 연구에서는 여고생의 완벽주의와 시험불안의 관계에서 마음챙김의 조절효과를 규명하였다. 이를 위해 인천에 소재한 고등학교 1, 2, 3학년에 재학 중인 여자 고등학생 396명을 대상으로 연구를 실시하였다. 측정도구는 다차원적 완벽주의 척도, 청소년 마음챙김 다요인 척도, 한국판 시험불안 검사를 사용하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 변인 간의 관계를 파악하기 위해 Pearson의 상관분석을 실시한 결과, 여고생의 적응적 완벽주의와 부적응적 완벽주의는 시험불안에 대해 정적 상관관계를 나타냈고, 마음챙김은 시험불안에 대하여 부적상관관계를 나타냈다. 둘째, 여고생의 완벽주의와 시험불안의 관계에서 마음챙김의 조절효과를 검증하기 위해 위계적 중다회귀분석을 실시한 결과, 적응적 완벽주의가 시험불안에 미치는 영향에서 마음챙김의 조절효과는 유의한 반면, 부적응적 완벽주의가 시험불안에 미치는 영향에서는 마음챙김의 조절효과가 유의하지 않았다. 이를 통해 본 연구에서는 여고생의 시험불안에 영향을 미치는 완벽주의와 마음챙김의 중요성을 확인하였고, 여고생의 시험불안에 대해 마음챙김 향상을 위한 개입의 근거를 마련하고자 하였다.

The Effect of the Elder's Sense of Loss on Happiness: Focused on the moderating effects of mindfulness

The Effect of the Elder's Sense of Loss on Happiness: Focused on the moderating effects of mindfulness

An integrated model of depression, compulsion, and mindfulness among heroin abusers in Taiwan.

Prevailing literature explains how depression, compulsion, and mindfulness affect heroin use; however, there is no comprehensive framework that explains their overall relationships. We therefore proposed and examined a hypothetical depression-compulsion-heroin use and mindfulness (DCHm) model. We recruited 234 male heroin users. Self-reported levels of depression, mindfulness, compulsion to use, and severity of heroin use were measured. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the proposed DCHm model. Compulsion was a mediator between depression and heroin use. In addition, the DCHm model had satisfactory model fit indices. Depression indirectly affected heroin use through compulsion to use. The moderating effects of mindfulness in the two competing models were compared between the high- and low-mindfulness groups. The DCHm model in the high-mindfulness group had more favorable model fit indices than it did in the low-mindfulness group. Through learned emotional regulation strategies, addicted people with higher mindfulness were less likely to compulsively take drugs because of a depressive mood than were those with lower mindfulness. Furthermore, effective emotion-regulation strategies should be developed and examined in future studies. These results raise questions about the effect of compulsion on heroin use disorders. Mindfulness-based approaches to emotional regulatory strategies should be developed based on these findings. Further experimentation and prospective studies are needed to more fully examine the moderating role of mindfulness on depression and compulsion.