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

Jing Chen; Yuzheng Wang; Hongyan Zhang; Tao Leng; Xiaoxiao Lin; Yabin Sun; Ning Wang; Jinyan Wang; Fei Luo

doi:10.1080/13548506.2022.2094426

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

Psychol Health Med. 2023 Jul-Dec;28(9):2756-2763. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2094426. Epub 2022 Jun 29.

Authors

Jing Chen^{1

2}, Yuzheng Wang^{1

2}, Hongyan Zhang¹, Tao Leng¹, Xiaoxiao Lin^{1

2}, Yabin Sun^{1

2}, Ning Wang^{1

2}, Jinyan Wang^{1

2}, Fei Luo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, P.R. China.
² Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.

PMID: 35769024
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2094426

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; coping styles; mediating effect; romantic relationship satisfaction.