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Background: Mindfulness is a technique that assists people in being aware of their current emotions and enhance focus. Mindfulness-based therapies are used for treating psychological symptoms in adults such as trauma, depression, stress, anxiety and so on. Recently, there is an increase in implementation of these techniques among children and young adults because it shows promising results. However, there is a literature gap regarding the role of Mindfulness on Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy, Stress, and Coping Mechanisms in orphans living in Kuwait therefore this study aims to assess these variables and its correlation with Mindfulness.
Objective: The objective is to determine the association of Mindfulness with Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy, Stress, and Coping Mechanisms in orphan children living in Kuwait’s orphanages.
Methodology: This study conducted a survey in two of Kuwait’s orphanages among the children aged 8 to 18 years. Approximately 1000 orphans were selected to take part in the study using purposeful sampling method. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS and the tests performed on the variables included Pearson correlation and Frequency Analysis
Result: The results of the study found a direct positive correlation between Mindfulness and Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy, and Coping Mechanisms. A negative correlation was found between Mindfulness and Stress. Female orphans were more mindful than the male orphans.
Conclusion: Presence of Mindfulness in Kuwaiti orphans can improve their quality of life and chances if a better future. Therefore, it is suggested to introduce Mindfulness based interventions in the orphanages to reduces their stress levels, which is eminent in orphan children and enhance their self-efficacy and self-regulation
Mindfulness, Self-Regulation, Kuwait, Orphan, Orphanage, trauma, Self-Efficacy, Stress, coping mechanism