Being mindful and resilient:The role of self-reflection, rumination, and well-being

Resilient individuals are found to be able to cope with the challenges of life. They experience self-control and find the strength to adapt. Mindfulness is found to be associated with resilience. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the association between mindfulness and resilience was moderated by orientations of self-focus and well-being. The sample consisted of 381 Dutch and Flemish employees working in health care, education, and governmental organizations. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses. More mindfulness was associated with more resilience. Furthermore, our findings indicated that rumination and well-being moderated the association between mindfulness and resilience (β = 0.13, p &lt;.01 and β = −.125, p &lt;.05). Contrary, reflection did not moderate the association between mindfulness and resilience (β = 0.06, p =.21). The results indicated that the association between mindfulness and resilience was strongest among highly ruminating and low wellbeing individuals. These findings suggest that especially high ruminators and individuals with low well-being might benefit from mindfulness.</p

Wat maakt dat ouderen zich tevreden en thuis voelen in een zorgcentrum: een Delphi-onderzoek

A major event in the human life course is the move to a care center. In order for this transition to be successful, it is important that a care center creates the right conditions to achieve that residents feel at home and satisfied. The aim of this study is to investigate which characteristics are important for this, according to the employees of care centers in the Netherlands. First a limited list of 15 characteristics has been constructed on the basis of literature research. With the help of the Delphi method, in three rounds, employees of Dutch care institutions were then asked about the importance of these characteristics for a successful adaptation of residents to the new living environment and they were asked to provide additional comments. Based on this, characteristics have been reformulated, added or removed. The result after the third round was a high degree of agreement on the characteristics that were considered (very) important. The attribute ' respect ', scored in all three rounds the highest, followed directly by the characteristics ' approach ' and ' safety '. There was a high degree of agreement about the most important characteristics between the different job levels (such as employee care or supervisor)