Understanding College Students’ Perceptions Regarding Mindfulness: The Impact on Intellectual Humility, Faith Development, Religious Communication Apprehension, and Religious Communication

Jason S. Wrench, Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter, Adolfo J. Garcia

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Abstract

The objective of the investigation was to test the impact of mindfulness on intellectual humility, faith development, religious communication apprehension, and religious communication. A new scale was developed to measure religious communication. Results revealed (a) mindfulness predicted faith development, intellectual arrogance, and openness; (b) mindfulness predicted less religious communication apprehension, (c) mindfulness did not predict religious communication. Findings help support the notion that greater mindfulness favorably impacts humble faith development. Mindfulness also seemed to buffer less anxiety but with no significant increase in religious communication.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1794-1809
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Religion and Health
Volume59
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2020

Keywords

  • Faith development
  • Intellectual humility
  • Mindfulness
  • Religious communication
  • Religious communication apprehension

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