Relationship among Mindfulness, Well-Being and Attention Regulation

Abstract

In this study, we examined attention control as a factor moderating the association between mindfulness and well-being and examined the effect of attention regulation on that relationship in 145 university students. The results of the analysis indicated a main effect of observing and attention regulation on subjective well-being (SWB) and a main effect of observing, describing, nonreacting, and attention regulation on psychological well-being (PWB). Moreover, attention regulation moderated the effect of observing and SWB, and when observing was high, SWB was high. Further, attention regulation moderated the effect of describing and PWB, and when describing was high, PWB was high. These results indicated that it is necessary to observe an experience equally so that observing promotes SWB and suggested that flexible attentional control is necessary to observe experiences equally. The results also indicated that it is necessary to describe inner experiences accurately so that describing promotes PWB and suggested that high-functioning attentional regulation helps individuals verbalize inner experiences correctly.