Mindfulness, Basic Psychological Needs Fulfillment, and Well-Being

Jen-Ho Chang (), Chin-Lan Huang () and Yi-Cheng Lin ()

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2015, vol. 16, issue 5, 1149-1162

Abstract: The positive relationship between mindfulness and well-being has been demonstrated to a great extent in prior studies; however, the underlying psychological mechanism relating mindfulness to well-being is not fully understood. Based on self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan in Psychol Inq 11:227–268, 2000 ), this article proposed the basic psychological needs fulfillment (i.e., autonomy, relatedness, and competence) as the key mechanisms that account for the relationship between mindfulness and well-being. The results of our two studies revealed that mindfulness, basic psychological needs fulfillment, hedonic (Study 1) and eudaimonic well-being (Study 2) are correlated with each other. In addition, the positive relationships between mindfulness and both hedonic (Study 1) and eudaimonic well-being (Study 2) can be mediated via basic psychological needs fulfillment. The implications of these findings are discussed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: Mindfulness; Basic psychological needs fulfillment; Hedonic well-being; Eudaimonic well-being; Self-determination theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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