Mindfulness and Its Relation to Psychological Resilience and Depression of Distinguished Students

Bassam Hilal  ALHarbi; Fatin Abdulrahman  Mhedat; Ziad Mansor  Alkhazaleh

doi:10.36941/jesr-2021-0054

Authors

Bassam Hilal ALHarbi Faculty of Educational Sciences, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Educational Counseling, The Hashemite University, P.O.B 330127, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan
Fatin Abdulrahman Mhedat Faculty of Educational Sciences, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Educational Counseling, The Hashemite University, P.O.B 330127, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan
Ziad Mansor Alkhazaleh Faculty of Educational Sciences, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Educational Counseling, The Hashemite University, P.O.B 330127, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2021-0054

Keywords:

Depression, psychological resilience, Mindfulness, Outstanding students

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of mindfulness, psychological resilience, depression, and its correlation to psychological resilience and depression of distinguished students. To achieve objectives of the study, Toronto scale for mindfulness, scale of psychological resilience, and Beck depression list were used. Findings of the study unveiled that the level of mindfulness and psychological resilience was high, while the depression level was medium. The findings also showed that there was a positive correlation with statistical function between mindfulness and psychological resilience; there was also a negative correlation with statistical function between mindfulness and depression; and a negative correlation one with statistical function at a level between psychological resilience and depression.

Received: 27 February 2021 / Accepted: 29 March 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021