ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2023
Mindfulness, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement in college students:the mediating role of stress.
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- Longitudinal effects of stress in an academic context on psychological well-being, physiological markers, health behaviors, and academic performance in university students.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- Mediating role of academic self-efficacy and academic emotions in the relationship between teacher support and academic achievement.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Exploring the roles of academic expectation stress, adaptive coping, and academic resilience on perceived English proficiency.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Mindfulness among lebanese university students and its indirect effect between mental health and wellbeing.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- A mediating model of mindfulness, sense of purpose in life and mental health among Chinese graduate students.BMC psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Higher trait mindfulness may be associated with better cognitive functioning and academic achievement in college students. Although mediating mechanisms are unclear, lower stress levels could explain this relationship. Participants: Cross-sectional online survey (n = 534; 33% non-white; Apr 2018 - Sep 2019). Path analysis tested Perceived Stress as a mediator between specific facets of trait mindfulness and three measures of self-reported cognitive functioning and academic achievement: Cognitive Abilities, Cognitive Concerns, and GPA. Perceived Stress fully or partially mediated the relationship between all facets of trait mindfulness and perceived cognitive functioning. Only Decentering, however, was associated with higher GPA as a function of lower stress. Lower stress can explain the link between higher trait mindfulness and better cognitive functioning, but not necessarily academic achievement. Future research is needed to address causality, examine objective measures of cognitive functioning, and extend this explanatory model to mindfulness training.
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