The mediating effects of coping styles on the relationship between trait mindfulness and romantic relationship satisfaction

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the current study was to explore the influence of coping styles and trait mindfulness on the satisfaction of romantic relationships (RRS) among college students. Of the 305 participants, 258 (males: 115, 44.6%) had previously been in, or were presently in a romantic relationship. All participants completed the MAAS, CSQ, and questions about RRS. There was a significant meditating role of mature coping styles in the relationship between trait mindfulness and RRS (indirect effect [95% CI] = 0.021 [0.001, 0.052]). However, the mediating effect of immature coping styles was not significant (indirect effect [95% CI] = 0.038 [−0.020, 0.097]). Mature coping style plays an important mediating role in the relationship between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction.

KEYWORDS:

• Trait mindfulness
• romantic relationship satisfaction
• coping styles
• mediating effect

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the NNSF (National Natural Science Foundation of China) under Grant [31970926] to Fei Luo; the NNSF under grant [31271092] to Jinyan Wang; the NNSF grant [31671140] to Ning Wang; the Scientific Foundation of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences [Y9CX441005] to Yuzheng Wang; grants from CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology [KLMH 2014G01,KLMH2016K02] (KLMH 2014G01, KLMH2016K02) and a grant from the initiation fund of the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams [Y2CX131003].