The Mediating Effect of Empathy between Mindfulness and Self-Leadership in Female University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(23)2022 11 24.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-36497695
ABSTRACT
(1) Background:
Acknowledging scant research on integrating mindfulness, empathy, and self-leadership among female university students, this study aimed to investigate the relationships among these three variables, as well as the mediating effect of empathy. (2)Methods:
A cross-sectional design was employed with 127 female sophomores in a mindfulness-based liberal arts class at K Women's University in South Korea. Participants completed a self-reported questionnaire measuring levels of mindfulness, empathy, and self-leadership. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and correlations between the variables using the SPSS 28 program. The Jamovi 2.2.5 program was used to analyze the mediating effect of empathy. (3)Results:
The levels of mindfulness, empathy, and self-leadership were higher than in previous studies. Mindfulness was positively related to empathy (r = 0.407, p < 0.001) and self-leadership (r = 0.635, p < 0.001); empathy was also positively associated with self-leadership (r = 0.635, p < 0.001). Furthermore, empathy mediated the relationship between mindfulness and self-leadership (ß = 0.187, p < 0.001). (4)Conclusions:
The findings indicate that mindfulness is helpful in improving university students' self-leadership by reinforcing their empathy, and that an integrated training program of mindfulness and empathy could produce positive effects on promoting self-leadership. The findings can be utilized as a basis for developing programs to improve mindfulness and empathy, eventually improving students' self-leadership.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mindfulness
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article