The aim of present study was to investigate the relationship between two holistic constructs of self-awareness, mindfulness and integrative self-knowledge, and their associations with physical, psychological, social and spiritual health problem. To do so, 249 Iranian university students,170 women and 79men,completed following scales: Mindfulness Attention Awareness (Brown & Ryan, 2003), Integrative Self-Knowledge (Ghorbani, Watson & Hargis, 2008), Biopsychosociospiritual inventory (Katerndahl& Oyiriaru, 2007), and Depression Anxiety Stress (Lovibond&Lovibond, 1995). The data showed that these two constructs of self-awareness are negatively associated with all aspects of health. The integrative self-knowledge also predicted all measures of health that are beyond the mindfulness. These results point toward the integrative and temporal nature of self- awareness processes and suggest a need for studying the direction and nature of relation between Self-awareness and health.
Sarafraz, M. R., Bahrami Ehsan, H. & Zarandi, A. R. (2011). Self-Awareness Process and BioPsychoSocioSpiritual Health. Research in Psychological Health, 4(2), 33–42.
MLA
Sarafraz, M. R., Bahrami Ehsan, H., & Zarandi, A. R. "Self-Awareness Process and BioPsychoSocioSpiritual Health", Research in Psychological Health, 4, 2, 2011, 33–42.
HARVARD
Sarafraz, M. R., Bahrami Ehsan, H., & Zarandi, A. R. (2011). 'Self-Awareness Process and BioPsychoSocioSpiritual Health', Research in Psychological Health, 4(2), pp. 33–42.
CHICAGO
Sarafraz, M. R., Bahrami Ehsan, H. & Zarandi, A. R., "Self-Awareness Process and BioPsychoSocioSpiritual Health." Research in Psychological Health, 4 2 (2011): 33–42,
VANCOUVER
Sarafraz M. R., Bahrami Ehsan H., Zarandi A. R. Self-Awareness Process and BioPsychoSocioSpiritual Health. Research in Psychological Health. 2011;4(2):33–42 (In Persian).
Research in Psychological Health
