The Relationship of Mindfulness with Anxiety and Depression: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem

Subject Areas : روان‌شناسی تحولی

Mohammadjavad Zare mehrjardi ¹ , Zohreh Sayadpour ^{2 *}

1 - دانشکده روانشناسی
2 - psychology/faculty of Psychology and Educational science/ Islamic Azad University/ Tehran South Branch/ Tehran/ Iran

Received: 2023-10-25 Accepted : 2025-02-08 Published : 2025-02-28

Keywords: mindfulness, self-esteem, anxiety, depression,

Abstract :

The aim of the study was to investigate the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between mindfulness with anxiety and depression. The research design was correlational. Among the undergraduate and graduate students of Tehran South Branch, Islamic Azad University, who were studying in 1402-1401, 336 people selected as the sample group using convenient sampling method. Data were collected using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Brown and Rayan, 2003), the Self-esteem scale (Rosenberg, 1965), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck et al., 1988), and the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al., 1961). The proposed research model investigated using structural equations. The results obtained from the structural equations showed that the coefficients of the path of mindfulness with anxiety and depression were significant and were -0.501 and -0.282, respectively. In addition, the indirect path of mind- fulness with anxiety and depression due to self-esteem was -0.120 and -0.281, respectively. Therefore, the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between mindfulness with anxiety and depression confirmed. Based on the obtained results, anxiety and depression could be reduced by applying mindfulness and focusing on the role of self-esteem and strengthening it.

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