The relationship between mindfulness and emotion regulation strategies of students

The aim of this study was to determine relationship between mindfulness and emotion regulation strategies of Farhanigian University students. 252 students (168 men and 84 women) were selected with stratified random sampling among Farhangian University students of Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province. Measurement tools contain Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) of Baer et. al. (2006) and Emotion Regulation Scale of Gross and John (2009). Analysis of variances, pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression were used to analize data. The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between mindfulness and supression factor as one of emotion regulation factors. But, there is a significant positive relationship between cognitive reappraisal factor and mindfulness. The results of multivariate regression suggest that emotion regulation strategies can predict student's mindfulness. In explaining the findings of this study, in general it can be concluded that emotion regulation strategies are important psychological elements in predicting mindfulness