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Look Inside Get Access Find out how to access previewonly content Journal of Happiness Studies August 2014 Date: 17 Aug 2014 Associations Between Mindfulness, Psychological WellBeing, and Subjective WellBeing with Respect to Contemplative Practice Abstract The relationship between mindfulness and wellbeing has received considerable empirical and theoretical attention in the scientific literature recently, with researchers hypothesizing a number of ways in which the two interact. However, a closer examination of the literature indicates that the two primary conceptualizations of wellbeing, psychological wellbeing (PWB) and subjective wellbeing (SWB), are theoretically distinct, yet regularly conflated and rarely examined in tandem. As such, the purpose of this study was to explore the associations between dispositional mindfulness, SWB, and PWB, with respect to contemplative practice, using canonical correlation analysis to examine data derived from an online sample of 361 respondents (106 contemplative practitioners and 245 nonpractitioners). Results indicate that contemplative practitioners typically report significantly higher levels of mindfulness, as well as psychological and SWB. Furthermore, dispositional mindfulness is associated with both PWB and SWB, but more closely associated with PWB, irrespective of contemplative practice experience. Finally, mindfulness and wellbeing appear to be similarly related regardless of contemplative practice, although our findings suggest that contemplative practitioners and nonpractitioners may conceptualize SWB differently. Contemplative practitioners appear to group PWB and SWB together in a unified wellbeing construct, while nonpractitioners appear to conceptualize SWB as distinct from PWB. Page %P Page 1
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Look Inside Get AccessFind out how to access previewonly contentJournal of Happiness StudiesAugust 2014Date: 17 Aug 2014
Associations Between Mindfulness, Psychological WellBeing, andSubjective WellBeing with Respect to Contemplative PracticeAbstractThe relationship between mindfulness and wellbeing has received considerable empirical and theoreticalattention in the scientific literature recently, with researchers hypothesizing a number of ways in which the twointeract. However, a closer examination of the literature indicates that the two primary conceptualizations ofwellbeing, psychological wellbeing (PWB) and subjective wellbeing (SWB), are theoretically distinct, yetregularly conflated and rarely examined in tandem. As such, the purpose of this study was to explore theassociations between dispositional mindfulness, SWB, and PWB, with respect to contemplative practice, usingcanonical correlation analysis to examine data derived from an online sample of 361 respondents (106contemplative practitioners and 245 nonpractitioners). Results indicate that contemplative practitioners typicallyreport significantly higher levels of mindfulness, as well as psychological and SWB. Furthermore, dispositionalmindfulness is associated with both PWB and SWB, but more closely associated with PWB, irrespective ofcontemplative practice experience. Finally, mindfulness and wellbeing appear to be similarly related regardlessof contemplative practice, although our findings suggest that contemplative practitioners and nonpractitionersmay conceptualize SWB differently. Contemplative practitioners appear to group PWB and SWB together in aunified wellbeing construct, while nonpractitioners appear to conceptualize SWB as distinct from PWB.
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TitleAssociations Between Mindfulness, Psychological WellBeing, and Subjective WellBeing withRespect to Contemplative Practice
JournalJournal of Happiness Studies
DOI10.1007/s1090201495695
Print ISSN13894978
Online ISSN15737780
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
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Adam Hanley (1)
Alia Warner (1)
Eric L. Garland (2)
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1. Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University, 3210 StoneBuilding, PO Box 3064453, Tallahassee, FL, 323064453, USA
2. Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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