Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms as Mediators of Trait Mindfulness and Sleep Quality in Emerging Adults

Bogusch, Leah M.; Fekete, Erin M.; Skinta, Matthew D.

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“…The relationship between trait mindfulness and sleep quality has been reliably shown by previous research ( Howell et al, 2010 ; Garland et al, 2013 ; Bogusch et al, 2016 ). However, questions concerning the underlying mediating and moderating mechanisms remained largely unclear.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…In recent years, growing lines of research show that higher trait mindfulness is related to better quality of sleep. For example, a higher level of trait mindfulness is significantly related to less sleep disturbance ( Garland et al, 2013 ) and better sleep quality ( Bogusch et al, 2016 ). One cross-sectional study showed that higher trait mindfulness of undergraduate students is associated with better self-reported sleep quality and reduced daytime sleepiness, presleep arousal, and dysfunctional beliefs about sleep ( Howell et al, 2010 ).…”

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Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Sleep Quality in College Students: A Conditional Process Model

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Sleep quality can affect the physical and mental health, as well as the personal development of college students. Mindfulness practices are known to ameliorate sleep disorder and improve sleep quality. Trait mindfulness, an innate capacity often enhanced by mindfulness training, has been shown to relate to better sleep quality and different aspects of psychological well-being. However, how individual difference factors such as trait mindfulness relate to sleep quality remains largely unclear, which limits the optimization and further application of mindfulness-based intervention schemes targeting the improvement of sleep quality. In this study, we aimed to investigate how negative emotions and neuroticism may influence the relationship between trait mindfulness and sleep quality. A conditional process model was built to examine these relationships in 1,423 Chinese young adults. Specifically, the conditional process model was constructed with trait mindfulness as the independent variable, sleep quality as the dependent variable, negative emotions as the mediating variable, and neuroticism as the moderating variable. Our results showed that negative emotions mediated the link between mindfulness and sleep quality and that neuroticism had a moderating effect on the relationship between mindfulness and sleep quality. Together, these findings suggested a potential mechanism of how trait mindfulness influences sleep quality, provided a therapeutic target for which mindfulness-based interventions may act upon to improve sleep quality, and offered a basis for prediction of different intervention effects among individuals.

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Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Sleep Quality in College Students: A Conditional Process Model

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“…Depressive symptoms, which are frequently linked to the transition to college and students’ stress, are commonly reported by nursing students (Murphy et al., 2012). There is evidence that trait mindfulness relationship with some health behaviours was mediated by depressive symptoms (Bogusch, Fekete, & Skinta, 2016). Impulsivity is defined as “a predisposition toward rapid, unplanned reactions to internal or external stimuli without regard to the negative consequences of these reactions to the impulsive individual or to others” (Moeller, Barratt, Dougherty, Schmitz, & Swann, 2001, p. 1784).…”

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The association between mindfulness and health promotion in undergraduate nursing students: A serial multiple mediator analysis

Rababah

Al‐Hammouri

Drew

2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim This study was conducted to examine the association between mindfulness and health promotion among undergraduate nursing students and explore the mediation effect of certain factors (perceived stress, depressive symptoms, self‐care agency, and impulsivity) on this relationship. Design Cross‐sectional quantitative design. Methods A total of 195 undergraduate nursing students from a public university in Jordan participated in this study. A demographic questionnaire was used in addition to using well‐established, validated tools to measure health promotion, mindfulness, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, impulsivity, and self‐care agency. Data were collected between March and November 2018. Data were analysed using PROCESS macros. Results The direct association between mindfulness and health promotion was positive but not statistically significant. Simple mediation analysis showed that perceived stress is the only statistically significant mediator (effect = 0.03; 95% CI: LL = 0.008, UL = 0.057). The serial multiple mediator analyses revealed that three combinations of the mediators made the mindfulness effect on health promotion statistically significant; perceived stress and self‐care agency (effect = −0.01, 95% CI: LL = −0.022, UL = −0.01); depressive symptoms and self‐care agency (effect = 0.016, 95% CI: LL = 0.006, UL = 0.03); and perceived stress with depressive symptoms and self‐care agency (effect = 0.006, 95% CI: LL = 0.002, UL = 0.013). Conclusions The results of this study add to the literature evidence concerning the mediation role of perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and self‐care agency on the relationship between mindfulness and health promotion among nursing students. Impact This study examined the complex relationship between mindfulness and health promotion. There is a mediation effect of nursing students’ perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and self‐care agency on the relationship between mindfulness and health promotion. Researchers interested in designing mindfulness‐based interventions to optimize health promotion of nursing students could benefit from the findings of this study.

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“…Trait mindfulness is the propensity to be mindful in daily life (Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, ) that allows unbiased processing of both internal and external information and can enable individuals to meet situational demands with adaptive responses instead of automatic, rote, and habitual responses (Lakey, Campbell, Brown, & Goodie, ). Recent research demonstrates that trait mindfulness is positively associated with increased physical activity (Salmoirago‐Blotcher, Hunsinger, Morgan, Fischer, & Carmody, ), healthier dietary habits (Gilbert & Waltz, ; Jordan, Wang, Donatoni, & Meier, ), and improved sleep quality (Bogusch, Fekete, & Skinta, ; Roberts & Danoff‐Burg, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although research investigating the role of mindfulness in health‐enhancing behaviours has increased in recent years, several gaps in the literature remain. First, most research has only examined the influence of mindfulness on one or two health behaviours in isolation (e.g., Bogusch et al, ; Gilbert & Waltz, ). This does not allow for the examination of the relative impact of mindfulness on one health behaviour compared to other important behaviours.…”

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Examining the psychological and emotional mechanisms of mindfulness that reduce stress to enhance healthy behaviours

2018

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Engagement in modifiable health behaviours plays a critical role in the development of chronic illnesses. Research suggests that mindfulness facilitates health-enhancing behaviour, yet the influence of mindfulness on different health behaviours and the mechanisms underlying this association are unclear. This study investigated a mediation model that explores psychological and emotional coping processes (reappraisal, suppression, and psychological flexibility) as mechanisms connecting mindfulness to reduced stress perceptions and reactions, which then predict physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and sleep quality. Adults (n = 233) completed self-report measures via Amazon's Mechanical Turk and path modelling was used to test the model for direct, indirect, and total effects. Results revealed that greater mindfulness was indirectly associated with greater engagement in all 3 health behaviours through the proposed mediators, although the association with fruit and vegetable consumption was only trending in significance. Among the coping processes, psychological flexibility emerged as the strongest mechanism in the prediction of stress. Findings suggest that being more mindful may have downstream stress-reductive effects that enhance engagement in healthy behaviour, supporting mindfulness as a potential addition to behavioural health interventions.

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Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms as Mediators of Trait Mindfulness and Sleep Quality in Emerging Adults

Cited by 31 publications

References 51 publications

Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Sleep Quality in College Students: A Conditional Process Model

Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Sleep Quality in College Students: A Conditional Process Model

The association between mindfulness and health promotion in undergraduate nursing students: A serial multiple mediator analysis

Examining the psychological and emotional mechanisms of mindfulness that reduce stress to enhance healthy behaviours

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