Donovan, Stephanie (2013) Investigating Relationships Between Self Reports of Mindfulness Skills, Self Compassion and Subjective Wellbeing. Coursework Masters thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Subjective wellbeing has become of interest to mental health clinicians who are looking beyond the absence of psychopathology to understand interventions for improving people’s “happiness”. Basic and applied clinical research has associated mindfulness practice with improvements in subjective wellbeing. Moreover, there is increasing empirical support for the interrelationship between self compassion and mindfulness, with suggestions in the wider field of positive psychology that self compassion may mediate the effects of mindfulness practice on wellbeing. Investigating the relationships between mindfulness skills, self compassion and subjective wellbeing is imperative for understanding the mechanisms underlying reported improvements in people’s perceived “happiness” after mindfulness based treatment interventions. The first aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships between self-reports of individual mindfulness skills, self compassion and subjective wellbeing. The second aim was to explore whether there were mediating effects of self compassion on mindfulness skills and subjective wellbeing. Participants included university students and members of the community aged between 17-71 years (N = 293, M = 35.12, SD = 12.62). Participants’ perceptions of subjective wellbeing were measured using the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Emotional Well-Being Scale. The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills was employed to measure participants’ mindfulness skills, while the Self Compassion Scale was used to assess participants self compassion. Results indicated that a high frequency of all mindfulness skills and self compassion were associated with higher overall subjective wellbeing. Mediation analysis revealed that self compassion was a partial mediator in the relationships between each of the mindfulness skills and subjective wellbeing. The results of this study have implications for mindfulness based treatment intervention programs that aim to improve people’s subjective wellbeing, though further research is needed to confirm the present study’s findings.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Coursework Masters) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology, Counselling and Community (1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2014) |
| Supervisors: | Grace Pretty |
| Qualification: | Master of Psychology (Clinical) |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2025 00:48 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2025 00:48 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52280 |
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