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Gratitude and Athletes’ Life Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness

Authors: Lung Hung Chen, Chia-Huei Wu, Jen-Ho Chang

Published in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Issue 4/2017

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Life satisfaction is a critical index of well-being and is well documented in the literature as a means of protecting athletes from stress. However, minimal research has focused on the factors that contribute to life satisfaction in sports. Accordingly, we adopted the positive psychology perspective and proposed that gratitude would relate to athletes’ life satisfaction. Additionally, we further suggested that mindfulness would strengthen the relationship between gratitude and athletes’ life satisfaction. Athletes completed measurements, and the results, which indicated that athletes with higher levels of gratitude exhibited increased life satisfaction when they had higher levels of mindfulness, supported our expectations. The implications and applications are discussed in terms of mindfulness.

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Title: Gratitude and Athletes’ Life Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness
Authors: Lung Hung Chen
Chia-Huei Wu
Jen-Ho Chang
Publication date: 10-06-2016
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9764-7

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