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How much mindfulness is enough mindfulness?

Mindfulness is commonly defined as the state of being attentive and aware of what is happening in the present moment. Even though the concept is mostly associated with eastern culture, it found its way into the western culture. Previous studies have shown that higher levels of mindfulness are correlated with lower levels of numerous psychological problems mostly because of meta-mechanism called “reperceiving“ which is a product of the process of mindfulness. Considering potential benefits of mindfulness on psychological wellbeing, the aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the levels of intolerance of uncertainty, ruminative thought style, negative perfectionism, anxiety, and depression among college students (N = 317) with low, mediate, and high levels of mindfulness. The results have shown that the highest levels of intolerance of uncertainty, ruminative thought style, negative perfectionism, anxiety, and depression are present among college students with low levels of mindfulness, significantly lower among those with moderate levels of all measured constructs, and the lowest among students with high levels of mindfulness. The fact that even those who have moderate levels of mindfulness are in more favorable position that those with low levels of mindfulness implies that even relatively small changes in mindfulness can be beneficial to an individual. Taken together, these results are in accordance with previous research of mindfulness, and because of the focus on the student population, they have practical implications in terms of practicing mindfulness in academic setting since it has been known to be competitive and demanding.

mindfulness ; intolerance of uncertainty ; ruminative thought style ; negative perfectionism ; anxiety ; depression

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