Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ghazal Golshani ¹
• Mohsen Jadidi ²
• Hamid Atashpour ³
• Mahdiee Salehi ⁴

¹ Department of health Psychology, Faculty of psychology and Educational Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Department of Psychology, Faculty of psychology and Educational Science, Ghods City Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghods City, Tehran, Iran.

³ Department of Psychology, Faculty of psychology and Educational Science , Isfahan Branch (khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

⁴ Department of health Psychology, , Faculty of psychology and Educational Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to explain the causal relationships between mindfulness and self-regulation with subjective well-being in psychologists and counselors based on the role of the mediator of meaning in life.The research method was Descriptive Correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistical population includes all psychologists and counselors working in psychology and counseling centers in Tehran province in 2023, from which 253 person were selected as a sample, with the purposeful sampling method. The research tools were questionnaires of mindfulness (FFMQ), meaning in life(MLQ) and subjective well-being(SWQ) and scale of self-regulation(SRI-S). The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, AMOS 24.0 software, and maximum likelihood estimation. The findings showed the optimal fit of the data with the proposed research model .There was a significant direct relationship between Mindfulness, self-regulation and meaning in life with subjective well-being. Also, meaning in life had a role of mediation between mindfulness and self-regulation with subjective well-being. results showed that mindfulness and self-regulation with mediation role of meaning of life had a significant indirect relationship with subjective wellbeing. From these findings, it can be concluded that increasing mindfulness and self-regulation increases meaning in life in psychologists and counselors and increases subjective well-being.

Keywords

• subjective well-being
• mindfulness
• meaning in life
• self-regulation
• psychologists and counselors