The relationship between mindfulness, hope and trait anxiety among psychological counselors

The aim of this study was to find the relationship between mindfulness, hope and trait anxiety among psychological counselors. The sample of the study consisted of 187 participants (105 female and 82 male) living in Osmaniye. While selecting the study group, among non-random sampling methods, the appropriate sampling method was used. Demographic Information Form, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Dispositional Hope Scale (DHS) and Trait Anxiety Scale were used as data collection instruments. In the study, t-test for independent groups was used to compare the paired groups, and one-way ANOVA was used to compare the means of more than two groups. While Pearson correlation analysis was used to examine the relationship between mindfulness and trait anxiety, hope and sub-dimensions, simple linear regression analysis was used to predict the mindfulness of hope and trait anxiety. According to the results of the correlation analysis, there was a significant relationship between mindfulness level and trait anxiety, hope total score and hope scale sub-dimensions. According to the independent samples t-test results, it was seen that the scores of the married participants were higher than the single participants. In the one-way analysis of variance, a significant difference was found in the participants' total hope score and actuating thinking dimension according to age groups. It was found that the participants who did not work anywhere had higher levels of trait anxiety than those working in the public school. According to the results of simple linear regression analysis, hope and trait anxiety levels of the participants predicted their mindfulness significantly. It was seen that 8.2% of the total variance regarding mindfulness was explained with hope and 30.8% with trait anxiety.