The Relationship between Mindfulness and Psychological Well-being and Coping Strategies with Stress among Female Basketball Athletes in Tehran
Zeinab Fazli
Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekaboon, Iran
Shahrbanoo Ghahari *
Department of Mental Health, Center of Excellence in Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Introduction: The well-being and satisfaction with life are two indicators of mental health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between mindfulness and psychological well-being, and coping strategies with stress in female basketball athletes in Tehran.
Methods and Materials: Among all women basketball athletes in Tehran in 2016, two-hundred and fifty women were randomly selected. All samples completed Lazarus and Folkman coping strategies questionnaire, Ryff Psychological well-being Questionnaire and Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression inSpss-22.
Results: The results confirmed the hypothesis of this study and suggested a significant positive relationship between the components of mindfulness and psychological well-being, and coping with stress strategies (p<0.01).
Conclusion: There was a significant positive relationship between components of mindfulness and psychological well-being, and coping strategies with stress
Keywords: Mindfulness, psychological well-being, coping strategies with stress, female