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. 2022 Apr 21;19(9):5051.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095051.

Did Mindful People Do Better during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Mindfulness Is Associated with Well-Being and Compliance with Prophylactic Measures

Xinyue Wen  1   2 , Ismaël Rafaï  1   3 , Sébastien Duchêne  1 , Marc Willinger  1
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Did Mindful People Do Better during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Mindfulness Is Associated with Well-Being and Compliance with Prophylactic Measures

Xinyue Wen et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between mindfulness and well-being within the context of compliance with prophylactic measures in the time of COVID-19. We conducted a large-scale survey among a representative sample of the French population. We measured mindfulness, using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and the extent to which respondents were impacted by COVID-19 in terms of their mood and quality of sleep, as well as how they complied with prophylactic measures. Our results suggest that more mindful individuals were less negatively impacted by COVID-19 with regard to their sleep and mood. Concerning the prophylactic measures, we obtained mixed results: more mindful participants were more likely to respect lockdowns, physical distancing and to cough in their sleeves, but did not wash their hands, wear masks or avoid touching their face more often than less mindful individuals.

Keywords: COVID-19; compliance; mindfulness; well-being.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The original Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS).
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The translated version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS).
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Integrated scale for impact on sleep quality and mood.
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Distribution of the MAAS scores for our sample.
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Distribution of impacts on sleep quality and mood impact. Note: 0 = “Considerably deteriorated”, 1 = “Deteriorated”, 2 = “No impact”, 3 = “Improved” and 4 = “Considerably improved”.
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Compliance with each prophylactic measure. Note: For all measures except lockdown compliance: 1 = “Never”, 2 = “Sometimes”, 3 = “Often” and 4 = “Very often”. For lockdown compliance: degrees of compliance from 1 (“Not at all”) to 10 (“strictly”).
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