Ge Jingjing, Wu Jun, Li Kesheng, Zheng Yong
Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Guiyang University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Front Psychol. 2019 Feb 22;10:367. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00367. eCollection 2019.
Balanced time perspective is associated with optimal social functioning and provides psychological benefits in times of stress. Previous studies have found that mindfulness is positively associated with balanced time perspective and might promote it. However, the mechanism through which mindfulness affects balanced time perspective remains unexplored. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion and subjective well-being in the relationship between mindfulness and balanced time perspective. A total of 754 Chinese college students, aged 17-27 years, completed the Chinese versions of the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Self-Compassion Scale, Subjective Well-Being Scale, and Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. There were significant positive correlations between mindfulness, self-compassion, subjective well-being, and balanced time perspective. Structural equation modeling indicated that in addition to the direct influence of mindfulness on balanced time perspective, self-compassion and subjective well-being played a partial mediating role. On the basis of these findings, we conclude that mindfulness has an important positive influence on balanced time perspective, and highlights the crucial role of the self-compassion in cultivating a balanced time perspective. Limitations of the present study are also discussed.
平衡的时间观与最佳的社会功能相关联，并在压力时期提供心理益处。先前的研究发现，正念与平衡的时间观呈正相关，且可能促进平衡的时间观。然而，正念影响平衡时间观的机制仍未得到探索。本研究的目的是调查自我同情和主观幸福感在正念与平衡时间观之间关系中的中介作用。共有754名年龄在17至27岁之间的中国大学生完成了中文版的五因素正念问卷、自我同情量表、主观幸福感量表和津巴多时间观量表。正念、自我同情、主观幸福感和平衡时间观之间存在显著的正相关。结构方程模型表明，除了正念对平衡时间观产生直接影响外，自我同情和主观幸福感起到了部分中介作用。基于这些发现，我们得出结论，正念对平衡时间观具有重要的积极影响，并凸显了自我同情在培养平衡时间观中的关键作用。本研究的局限性也进行了讨论。
