The causal relationship between mindfulness with perceived stress in students: The mediating role of self-efficacy and Emotional Intelligence

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

Mindfulness is non-judgmental and unexplainable which is based on present and important experience that catches some one's attention during a specific time scale. And it is useful in decrease stress and increase quality of life. The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal relationship between mindfulness with perceived stress in students: The mediating role of self-efficacy and Emotional Intelligence between undergraduate students (male and female) Azad University of Zanjan. The population in this study was of Zanjan Azad university students who the samples included 200 (99 female and 101 male) randomly selected. The tools used for data collection mindfulness questionnaire Brown and Ryan, Cohen Perceived Stress, Sherer's Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, emotional intelligen shot. The proposed model of the relationships between variables was tested using path analysis software (AMOS-20). According to the results, the proposed model was an acceptable fitness regarding the fitness indices. Generally, in the proposed model study results showed that mindfulness both directly and indirectly through self-efficacy and perceived stress was associated with emotional intelligence.

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