Gratitude and Athletes’ Life Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness

Lung Hung Chen, Chia-Huei Wu and Jen-Ho Chang ()
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Lung Hung Chen: National Taiwan Sport University
Chia-Huei Wu: London School of Economics and Political Science
Jen-Ho Chang: Academia Sinica

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, vol. 18, issue 4, No 12, 1147-1159

Abstract: Abstract Life satisfaction is a critical index of well-being and is well documented in the literature as a means of protecting athletes from stress. However, minimal research has focused on the factors that contribute to life satisfaction in sports. Accordingly, we adopted the positive psychology perspective and proposed that gratitude would relate to athletes’ life satisfaction. Additionally, we further suggested that mindfulness would strengthen the relationship between gratitude and athletes’ life satisfaction. Athletes completed measurements, and the results, which indicated that athletes with higher levels of gratitude exhibited increased life satisfaction when they had higher levels of mindfulness, supported our expectations. The implications and applications are discussed in terms of mindfulness.

Keywords: Mindful attention; Broaden and build effect; Well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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