Relationship between mindfulness, depression, anxiety and stress: Mediating role of self-efficacy

This study used self-report measures to examine the connection between mindfulness, self-efficacy, anxiety, depression, and stress. We administered the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), New General Self-Efficacy Scale (NGSE), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS21) to a non-clinical sample of Indian IT professionals (n = 382). The findings revealed that mindfulness was positively linked to self-efficacy, while it was negatively related to anxiety, stress, and depression. Furthermore, self-efficacy was negatively linked to anxiety, stress, and depression. In fact, according to the results of the mediation analysis, the role of self-efficacy worked as a partial mediator in the association between mindfulness, stress, depression and anxiety.

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The study found a positive correlation between mindfulness and self-efficacy, while a negative correlation was observed between mindfulness and anxiety, stress, and depression. Additionally, self-efficacy showed negative correlations with anxiety, stress, and depression. Furthermore, self-efficacy played a partial mediating role in the relationship between mindfulness, stress, depression, and anxiety according to the mediation analysis results.