Published June 8, 2017 | Version v1
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The Relationship between Mindfulness and Psychological Well-being and Coping Strategies with Stress among Female Basketball Athletes in Tehran

  • 1. Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekaboon, Iran.
  • 2. Department of Mental Health, Center of Excellence in Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran & Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

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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.

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