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Influence of Age and Gender on Mindfulness-Cognitive Science
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Introduction: Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully aware of where we are and what we’redoing. It is a special form of attention, a cognitive phenomenon that can increase awareness of internal painor stress and help to cultivate habits of practicing self-care. Mindfulness is an attribute of consciousnesslong believed to promote well-being. This study was carried out to analyse the age and gender differencesin assessment of mindfulness.Materials and Method: This was a cross sectional study conducted in the Department of Physiology,VMMC, Karaikal over a period of three months. Mindfulness is assessed using Mindful Attention AwarenessScale (MAAS) It is a 15 item, Likert type 6 point scale with each having score ranging from low (1) to a highscore (6) proportional to the degree of mindfulness. The structured questionnaire sent to subjects through themail, WhatsApp in the form of google doc link. Individual responses received and the data analyzed.Result: A total of 330 study participants were included in the study. Majority of study participants scoredbetween 3-5 (70%) followed by >5 (17.8%). The mean score among females was higher compared to males.Using Independent t test the t value is -1.807 and the p value is 0.072. Interesting observation was made inthe present study, as age advances there is a trend of increase in mindfulness score.Conclusion: Our study conclude that there is trend that as age advances mindfulness increases and femalesshow greater degree of mindfulness compared to males though statistically not significant.
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- Authors
- Thirumaran, M.
- Affiliations
- Vinayaka Missions Medical College and Hospitals (IN)
- Corresponding author
- M Thirumaran
- Venue
- Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
- Published
- 2020-03-23
- ISSN
- 0976-0245 (ISSN-L)
- 0976-5506
- OpenAlex
- W4247419883
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- mindfulness, age differences, gender differences, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, attention, well-being, self-care
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