Coping Competence, Mindfulness, and Well-being of Indian Adolescents
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Coping Competence, Mindfulness, and Well-being of Indian Adolescents Meera Padhy1 • Sandra Roshni Monteiro1 • Kavya Chelli2
Received: 11 July 2017 / Accepted: 9 October 2020 Ó National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) India 2020
Abstract Adolescence is a volatile and fragile transitional period of life marked with experiences that threat wellbeing. The objectives of the study were devised to investigate the relationship between coping competence, mindfulness, and well-being and to examine the role of coping competence and mindfulness on well-being. The study followed a correlational design. A total sample of 221 adolescents (111 boys and 110 girls; age range 14–19 years) were recruited from schools and colleges through purposive sampling and were administered the following scales: cognitive and affective mindfulness scale-revised, the coping competence questionnaire, and WHO WellBeing Index 5. The obtained quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent samples t test, Pearson’s correlation and standard multiple regression. A significant positive relationship between all the three variables, viz. coping competence, mindfulness and well-being was found. Multiple regression analyses indicated that both the variables-coping competence and mindfulness (together as a model) predicted well-being but did not make significant individual contributions in
& Meera Padhy [email protected] Sandra Roshni Monteiro [email protected] Kavya Chelli [email protected] 1
Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Central University, Prof C.R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, P.O., Hyderabad, Telangana 500046, India
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
predicting well-being. The implications and limitations of the study are discussed. Keywords Adolescents Coping competence Correlational design Mindfulness Well-being
Introduction One-fourth of India’s population comprises adolescents (Kalyanwala et al., 2013). Adolescence is a fragile transitional period of life ranging between the onset of puberty till attainment of legal and developmental maturity (roughly 11–19 years). Volatile nature and rapid mood shifts during this phase often result in experiences of negative emotions, threatening their psychological wellbeing in the current state and in later part of life. Failure to sail through the predicaments can hinder several by-products of well-being such as happy interpersonal relationships, academic success, and the ability to become competent and rational adults (Seligman, 2002; Keyes, Shmotkin, & Ryff, 2002). Previous research studies have found that mindfulness exercise plays a mediating role in enhancing well-being (Kong, Wang, & Zhao, 2014; Wenzel, von Versen, Hirschmu¨ller, & Kubiak, 2015) also documented in various studies involving college students (Bajaj & Pande, 2016; Mandal, Arya, & Pandey, 2011). It is speculated that among these mediators, coping competence of the individual wil
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