Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

S. K. Rajesh ¹, V. J. Ilavarasu ², T. M. Srinivasan ²

Affiliations
1 Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, IN
2 Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, Karnatka, IN

Abstract

In recent years, construct mindfulness has emerged as one of the main focus of study within the positive psychology movement. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and wellbeing in a sample of college students. The sample comprised 275 under graduate students (204 =Female; 76=Male; 5= unreported; in the age range18 to 29 years) from three colleges in Southern India. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale( MAAS) was used to measure dispositional mindfulness. Further wellbeing was measure using Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) and Short Depression Happiness Scale (SDHS). Spearman correlation coefficients were used to examine the association between mindfulness and well-being domains. Dispositional mindfulness was positively and significantly correlated with well-being related constructs SWEMWBS (rs = .46) and happiness (rs = .42) (all p's < .01). The results showed that participants higher on mindfulness had greater concordance with well-being.

Keywords

Mindfulness, Positive Psycology, Happiness.

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B. Natesh ¹, S. K. Rajesh ¹, H. R. Nagendra ¹

Affiliations
1 Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, Karnatka, IN

Abstract

Mindfulness an individual becomes increasingly aware and attentive in the moment has been one of the main focuses of study within the positive psychology movement. The majority of this research has been conducted with adults. The current study aimed to establish the relationship between state mindfulness and working memory in children. Participants were 167 healthy school children (69 girls, 98 boys) who attended Personality Development Camp. Participants age ranged from 12 to 16 years with a mean age of 13.97 years (SD=1.03). The Corsi-Blocks task was used to measure of visuo-spatial Working memory. Further psychological states were measure using state mindfulness attention awareness scale and state anxiety inventory. State mindfulness had a large inverse and significant correlation with the State anxiety (r=-0.49, p<0.01) and a large positive and significant correlation with the Corsi forward (Forward Corrected r=0.35, p<0.01 and forward block span r=0.31, p<0.01). Further state mindfulness had significant positive correlation with Corsi backward (backward corrected r=0.26, p<0.01 and backward block span r=0.26, p<0.01). Higher-order cognitive processes appear to have positive relationships between mindfulness.

Keywords

State Mindfulness, Working Memory, Children.

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Monali Devaraj Mathad ¹, Balaram Pradhan ¹, S. K. Rajesh ²

Affiliations
1 Division of Yoga & Humanities, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
2 Division of Yoga & Physical Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Nurses and nursing students regularly get exposed to pain and sufferings of the patients. Indeed, being empathic and compassionate during patient care is required, yet, the decline in empathy and experience of compassion fatigue was evident during the clinical experience. Here comes the role of self-compassion. Self-compassion is being warm and caring at times of hardship, being kind to self, accepting suffering or unpleasant experiences as they are and being non-judgment. When an individual can be compassionate towards self, he/she can be compassionate towards others during suffering. Substantially, interventions that would improve self-compassion can be emphasized in the nursing curriculum. However, brief self-compassion intervention, MBSR program, and yoga intervention have reported promising results.

Keywords

Empathy, Self-Compassion, Nursing, Yoga.

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