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Pathways from Mindfulness to Psychological Well-Being: The Interplay of Gratitude, Love for Animals, and Cat Ownership

Farkındalıktan Psikolojik İyi Oluşa Uzanan Yollar: Şükran Duygusu, Hayvan Sevgisi ve Kedi Sahibi Olmanın Karşılıklı Etkileşimi

Çiğdem Gülden(National Education Academy)0000-0003-4415-0716
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1–9
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2026-10-21
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The results showed that psychological well-being was positively correlated with mindfulness, gratitude, and love for animals.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study examined the parallel mediating roles of gratitude and love for animals in the association between mindfulness and psychological well-being on a sample of 408 adults.
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This study examined the parallel mediating roles of gratitude and love for animals in the association between mindfulness and psychological well-being on a sample of 408 adults. The study was conducted on 408 adult participants from Türkiye with an average age of 35. The results showed that psychological well-being was positively correlated with mindfulness, gratitude, and love for animals. Furthermore, mindfulness was positively correlated with gratitude and love for animals, while gratitude was also positively correlated with love for animals. Gratitude and love for animals mediated the association between mindfulness and psychological well-being. Additionally, individuals who owned cats reported higher levels of mindfulness, psychological well-being, and love for animals compared to non-cat owners. These findings contribute to the psychological counseling and positive psychology literature by elucidating pathways through which mindfulness is associated with psychological well-being. Overall, the study suggests that individual capacities and contextual factors may play a combined role in the relationship between psychological well-being, and points to the possibility that mindfulness-based interventions incorporating relational and experiential components, including human-animal interactions, may be worth investigating.

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Bu çalışma, farkındalık ile psikolojik iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkide minnettarlık ve hayvan sevgisinin paralel aracılık rollerini Türkiye’den yaş ortalaması 35.02 olan 408 yetişkin katılımcı üzerinde incelemiştir. Araştırma bulguları, psikolojik iyi oluşun farkındalık, minnettarlık ve hayvan sevgisiyle pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, farkındalığın minnettarlık ve hayvan sevgisi ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğu görülürken minnettarlığın da hayvan sevgisi ile pozitif yönde ilişkili olduğu görülmüştür. Bunlara ek olarak, minnettarlık ve hayvan sevgisinin farkındalık ve psikolojik iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkide aracı rol oynadığı görülmüştür. Kedi sahibi olan kişilerin olmayanlara göre farkındalık, psikolojik iyi oluş ve hayvan sevgisi düzeylerinin daha yüksek olması da araştırmadan elde edilen bulgular arasındadır. Bu bulgular, farkındalık ve psikolojik iyi oluş ile ilişkili olan mekanizmaları açıklığa kavuşturarak psikolojik danışmanlık ve pozitif psikoloji literatürüne katkıda bulunmaktadır. Genel olarak çalışma, bireysel kapasitelerin ve bağlamsal faktörlerin psikolojik iyi oluş ile ilişkisinde birlikte rol oynayabileceğini düşündürmekte, insan-hayvan etkileşimleri de dahil olmak üzere ilişkisel ve yaşantısal bileşenleri barındıran farkındalık temelli müdahalelerin araştırılmaya değer olabileceğine işaret etmektedir.

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Gülden, Ç. (2026). Pathways from Mindfulness to Psychological Well-Being: The Interplay of Gratitude, Love for Animals, and Cat Ownership. Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 28 Sayı: 2026, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.17556/erziefd.1954914

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