Mindfulness, self-compassion, and happiness in non-meditators: A theoretical and empirical examination

By Laurie Hollis-Walker, Kenneth Colosimo. 2011

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Associations Between Mindfulness, Psychological Well-Being, and Subjective Well-Being with Respect to Contemplative Practice (2014, unknown): “…mindfulness to be consistently associated with both SWB (Brown and Kasser 2005; Brown et al. 2009; Kong et al. 2014; Schutte and Malouff 2011) and PWB (Baer et al. 2008; Carmody and Baer 2008; Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011; Howell et al. 2008; Van Gordon et al. 2013) throughout the literature.”
Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Self-Compassion (2015, unknown): “Moreover, self-compassion is directly associated with psychological strengths such as happiness, optimism, wisdom, personal initiative, and emotional intelligence (Heffernan, Grifﬁn, McNulty, & Fitzpatrick, 2010; Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011; Neff, Rude, et al., 2007).”
Meditation and happiness: Mindfulness and self-compassion may mediate the meditation–happiness relationship (2016, background): “Compassion could arise naturally with mindfulness; understanding the ubiquity of suffering and the deep connection shared with other living beings makes us inclined to feel others' pain and wish them well, just as we wish to be well (Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011).”
Self-Compassion and Body Dissatisfaction in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Meditation Intervention (2014, background): “…psychological strengths such as happiness, emotional intelligence, optimism, wisdom, curiosity, and personal initiative (Heffernan et al. 2010; Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011; Neff et al. E. R. Albertson (*) :K. E. Dill-Shackleford Department of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University,…”
Mechanisms of mindfulness: Rumination and self-compassion (2017, background): “The role of self-compassion as a mechanism of mindfulness is in line with Buddhist thought, where compassion for oneself and others is thought to arise with mindfulness (Radhakrishnan & Moore, 1957; Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011).”
Psychometric Properties of the Greek Versions of the Self-Compassion and Mindful Attention and Awareness Scales (2013, result): “Overall, results were consistent with past research and support the notion that both translated measures perform similarly to the original scales (Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011; Mantzios et al. 2013; Mantzios and Wilson, Exploring mindfulness and mindfulness with self-compassion centred…”
Construct validity of the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form among psychotherapy clients (2016, background): “…is associated with numerous aspects of mental health such as happiness, optimism, wisdom, curiosity and exploration, personal initiative, and emotional intelligence (Heffernan, Quinn Griffin, McNulty, & Fitzpatrick, 2010; Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011; Neff, Rude, & Kirkpatrick, 2007).”
How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective (2011, unknown): “It has also been suggested that self-compassion partially mediates the relationship between mindfulness and well-being (Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011).”
Self-Compassion and Well-Being in Parents of Children with Autism (2014, background): “Self-compassion is also linked to positive psychological outcomes such as happiness, optimism, and life satisfaction (Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011; Neff et al. 2008).”
Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-being (2017, background): “…scores on the SCS have been associated with greater levels of happiness, optimism, life satisfaction, body appreciation, perceived competence, and motivation (Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011; Neff, Hsieh & Dejitthirat, 2005; Neff, Pisitsungkagarn & Hsieh, 2008; Neff, Rude, & Kirkpatrick, 2007”
Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators (2012, unknown): “Hollis-Walker and Colosimo (2011) found that mindfulness and self-compassion predicted independent variance in psychological wellbeing, but used only a nonmeditating sample.”
Effects of a yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress: The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion (2012, unknown): “…of yoga-based programs could be based upon existing knowledge of mindfulness-based programs (i.e. that yoga-based interventions could improve depressive symptoms and psychological wellbeing; Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011; Kuyken et al., 2010; Shahar, Britton, Sbarra, Figueredo, & Bootzin, 2011).”
Relating Mindfulness, Heartfulness, and Psychological Well-Being: the Role of Self-Compassion and Gratitude (2018, background): “…that self-compassion partially mediates the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and total scores of psychological well-being (Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011) and, together with trait mindfulness, it mediates the effect of meditation practice on psychological well-being…”
Mindfulness, Pro-environmental Behavior, and Belief in Climate Change: The Mediating Role of Social Dominance (2018, background): “…has been provided through a broad array of domains such as emotion regulation (Garland, Gaylord, & Fredrickson, 2011) and well-being (K. W. Brown & Ryan, 2003; Hollis-Walker & Colosimo, 2011) as well as mental health (Grossman, Niemann, Schmidt, & Walach, 2004; Keng, Smoski, & Robins, 2011).”
The Self-Compassion Scale is a Valid and Theoretically Coherent Measure of Self-Compassion (2016, background): “…the SCS have been associated with greater levels of happiness, optimism, life satisfaction, body appreciation, perceived competence, and motivation (Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011; Neff et al. 2005, 2007a, b, 2008); lower levels of depression, anxiety, stress, rumination, self-criticism,…”