A Study On The Relationship Between Mental Health And Boredom And Life Satisfaction Of College Students

Recent years, the number of students in colleges and universities is becoming bigger and bigger with the enrollment expansion. The study of boredom and life satisfaction of college students is becoming more and more noticeable. Some research find a close link among mindfulness, boredom and life satisfaction. They found mindfulness is very useful in comping boredom (Kabat-Zinn,1982) and increasing life satisfaction (Ma Jia,2012). So, This study will discuss the relationship among mindfulness, boredom and life satisfaction.First, this study draws up the "Mindfulness Questionnaire " according to the psychometric method on the foundation of the existing literature and the collected empirical data. Then,we demonstrated the model of the questionnaire by factor analysis. Second, in order to study the relationship among mindfulness, boredom and life satisfaction, we inspect559college students with the " Mindfulness Questionnaire ", the " Boredom Tendency Scale of College Students "(Huang Shihua,2010) and the " College Students Life Satisfaction Scale "(Wang Yuzhong,2003). The thesis draws the following conclusions:(1) The construction of mindfulness consists of three factors, they are non-judgment, awareness and acceptance.The confirmatory factor analysis result proved the three-factors-model fit well.(2) The Mindfulness Questionnaire has acceptable reliability and validity and can be used as an effective tool in this study.(3) College students have the highest score in the factor of awareness,and have the lowest score in the factor of acceptance. Gender difference exists in the mindfulness of college students.Woman’s score is higher than man’s, and there’s no differences between different disciplines.(4) The mindfulness of college students is significantly related to boredom, and the mindfulness had significantly predictive effect on boredom. If the mindfulness level of a man is higher, the boredom level will be lower.(5) The mindfulness of college students is significantly related to life satisfaction, and the mindfulness had significantly predictive effect on life satisfaction. If the mindfulness level of a man is higher, the life satisfaction level will be higher too.(6) The life satisfaction played an partial intermediary role between the mindfulness and the boredom. The mindfulness can not only have direct impact on the boredom but also have indirect impact on it.