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

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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.

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  1. Department of Communication, SUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Science Building 51, New Paltz, NY, 12561, USA

    Jason S. Wrench

  2. Department of Communication Studies, Texas Tech University, 3003 15th. Street, Lubbock, TX, 79409-3083, USA

    Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter

  3. Department of Communication, SUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Science Building 49, New Paltz, NY, 12561, USA

    Adolfo J. Garcia

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Wrench, J.S., Punyanunt-Carter, N.M. & Garcia, A.J. Understanding College Students’ Perceptions Regarding Mindfulness: The Impact on Intellectual Humility, Faith Development, Religious Communication Apprehension, and Religious Communication. J Relig Health 59, 1794–1809 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00861-3

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