The I in Mindfulness: How Mindfulness Relates to Aspects of Self and Psychological Well-Being

In a study on 346 college students, we investigated how mindfulness (broadly construed as a manifold of self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence) influences three aspects of self-view (comprehensive intellectual humility, self-consciousness, and positive self-view) and eudemonic well-being (personal growth, self-acceptance, purpose in life, and positive relationships). Path analysis uncovered that: (a) both positive self-view and self-consciousness were related to mindfulness, be it each in their own way; (b) intellectual humility was not related to mindfulness once the influence of personality was taken into account; and (c) positive self-view was a mediator for the effects of mindfulness on most aspects of eudemonic well-being, self-consciousness was not, and intellectual humility was a (positive) determinant for most aspects of eudemonic well-being.