title: Mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge: relationships with health-related variables.
abstract: This study examined how mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge were related to health-related issues. Men in general population (n = 103) and coronary heart disease samples (n = 101) completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the Integrative Self-knowledge Scale, the Type 2 subscale of the Interpersonal Reactions Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Anxiety and Depression Scales. In both samples, there was a moderate positive correlation between mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge and they were negatively correlated with all health-related variables. However, only integrative self-knowledge explained independent variance in health-related variables. Specifically, in both samples, the relationship between mindfulness and health-related variables was mediated by integrative self-knowledge. Mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge are related domains of self-awareness that are associated with a range of health-related variables. These relationships are robust across samples drawn from general population and patients with coronary heart disease. The finding that integrative self-knowledge explained additional variance in the health-related variables after the contribution of mindfulness had been accounted for suggests that reflective self-awareness in integrative self-knowledge may make a unique contribution to the explanation of individual differences in health variables.
authors: a Department of Psychology , Malayer University , Hamadan , Iran.
authors: Yadollah
authors: Y
authors: Ghasemipour
authors: Julie Ann
authors: JA
authors: Robinson
authors: Nima
authors: N
authors: Ghorbani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D001288:Attention; D001364:Awareness; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological