Psychological Well-Being: The Effects of Mindfulness, Sociability, Self Control and Yoga on Mental Health
Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the psychological construct of mindfulness as a predictor of positive mental health. Despite much awareness and implication of mindfulness practice, little research exists in related predictors of psychological well being including sociability and self control and their relationship with mindfulness. The present study aims to examine whether mindfulness, sociability and self control contribute to a positive mental health and observe the relationship between the four variables using a regression analysis. The study will observe whether people who engage in yoga activities comprise of higher levels of mindfulness than non yoga attendees to further strengthen current research that yoga practice is related to mindfulness and subsequently psychological well being. The current sample (n= 77) were recruited using opportunistic sampling in which interested participants followed an online link to virtually participate in the research study. The results of the Multiple Regression model demonstrated that mindfulness, sociability and self control significantly explained 40% of variance associated with psychological well being. Hypotheses 2 and 3 were did not find a significant relationship between yoga practice and time period of yoga practice with increased mindfulness levels. The results of this study have important implications in addressing mental health issues across the student population of Ireland. Overall, the study effectively investigates the role of psychological constructs in predicting psychological well being.
Source: NORMA
Author: Olivia Cassidy
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2784545968