Mindfulness and marital satisfaction: direct and indirect effects
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Abstract
This study examined the interpersonal nature of mindfulness by testing the association between mindfulness and marital satisfaction. The growing scientific study of mindfulness has emphasized how the physical body, cognitive thoughts and experienced emotions contribute to a general sense of personal wellbeing, but less focus has been on how mindfulness is connected to healthy interpersonal relationships. In a sample of 222 predominately middle-class, Caucasian, married mothers, this study tested the direct association between mindfulness and marital satisfaction and the indirect relationship ...
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