Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the role of mindfulness and
resilience as predictors of subjective well-being among university
students of Pakistan and Russia. It was also intended to determine the
comparative differences among Pakistani and Russian university
students. The sample comprised of 496 university students including 306
from Pakistan and 190 from Russia with age range 20-35 years (M=24.5,
SD=5.62). Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (Brown & Ryan,
2003), Ego-Resiliency Scale (Block & Kremen, 1996), and WarwickEdinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (Tennant et al., 2006) were used to
assess the sample. Results showed that mindfulness was positively
associated with resilience and subjective well-being; while resilience was
positively related with subjective well-being in both samples. Findings
also showed that relationship between mindfulness and subjectivewellbeing was moderated by resilience. Moreover, men showed more
resilience and better subjective well-being as compared to women across
Pakistani and Russian samples. However, non-significant gender
differences were observed on mindfulness among Russian students; while
Pakistani male students expressed higher scores on mindfulness. Findings
further showed that, Russian students displayed elevated levels of
resilience and subjective well-being as compared to Pakistani students;
conversely non-significant cultural differences existed on mindfulness.
Aisha Zubair, Anila Kamal. (2018) Mindfulness and Resilience as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being among University Students: A Cross Cultural Perspective, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 2.
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