The Relationship of Mindfulness, Psychological Hardiness and Spirituality with Depression in Mothers

Background: In recent years, the incidence of depression in people,especially women, has been growing, making it essential to studypsychological correlates with the disorder. Therefore, the present study wasconducted to investigate the relationship of mindfulness, psychologicalhardiness and spirituality with depression in mothers.Methods: The statistical population of this correlational study included allmothers aged 30 - 50 years in Isfahan in 2016 - 2017. To this end, 300mothers were selected by convenience sampling. Data collection instrumentswere Mindfulness Skills Measures, Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire,Spirituality Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory. For data analysis,the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferentialstatistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis)were used.Results: Mindfulness (-0.48), psychological hardiness (-0.39) and spirituality(-0.55) had a significant, inverse correlation with depression in mothers (Pvalue< 0.001). These components could significantly predict depression inmothers (P-value < 0.001).Conclusion: Given the significant role of the subscales mindfulness,psychological hardiness and spirituality in predicting mothers depression, itis suggested that the education of these components to mothers be taken intoconsideration to prevent the occurrence of depression.