Does mindfulness moderate the association between impulsivity and well-being in Lebanese university students?

ABSTRACT

Limited evidence showed that impulsivity is negatively related to life satisfaction and wellbeing; however, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. We aimed through this work to investigate the relationship between impulsivity dimensions and well-being and to explore the moderator role of mindfulness on this relationship in a sample of Lebanese university students. This cross-sectional study was carried out among 363 university students recruited through convenience sampling through several universities in Lebanon’s governorates. Higher mindfulness was significantly associated with better wellbeing in the models that considered urgency and sensation seeking as independent variables. A lack of premeditation and a lack of perseverance were both inversely associated with well-being. The interaction lack of perseverance by mindfulness was significantly associated with wellbeing; for students who were low in mindfulness, more lack of perseverance was significantly associated with a lower wellbeing. Our study suggested that mindfulness practice may offer a promising avenue for implementing strategies aiming at improving the well-being of students with high levels of impulsivity.

KEYWORDS:

• Mindfulness
• well-being
• impulsivity
• perseverance
• Lebanon

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge all individuals who participated in the study.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Author contributions

Conceptualization, S.H. and S.O.; methodology, S.H. and S.O.; software, S.H.; validation, S.H., D.M., and S.O.; formal analysis, S.H.; investigation, S.H., D.M., and S.O.; resources, S.H., D.M., and S.O.; data curation, D.M.; writing – original draft preparation, F.F.R.; writing – review and editing, S.H., F.F.R.; supervision, S.H.; project administration, S.H., D.M., and S.O. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Data availability statement

The authors do not have the right to share any data information as per the ethics committee rules and regulations.

Institutional review board statement

The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross (HPC-007-2021). Submitting the form online was considered equivalent to obtaining a written informed consent.

Informed consent statement

All subjects were informed about the study and all provided informed consent. All participants offered their informed consent before starting the survey (by ticking a respective box at the first page of the online survey) and responded voluntarily to the survey. Participants received no financial compensation for enrolling in the study.

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Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.