Page No 158-166
Akhilendra K. Singh and Sadhana Singh
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Mindfulness has been a highly researched topic among school psychologists in recent
decades because it affects students’ academic performance and psychological wellbeing. Psychological well-being is an umbrella term recently operationalized in terms
of thriving. When anything works positively at its highest level—mentally, physically,
and socially—it is called thriving. Students’ perception, understanding, management,
and utilization of their and others’ emotions also affect their well-being. The role of trait
emotional intelligence and trait mindfulness in predicting thriving among senior secondary
school students was investigated by administering the Cognitive and Affective
Mindfulness Scale (R), the Brief Inventory of Thriving, and the Trait Emotional Intelligence
Questionnaire (SF) to a sample of 120 female students. It was also investigated how
trait emotional intelligence mediates the association between mindfulness and wellbeing. Correlation and regression analysis confirmed a significant positive association
between trait mindfulness, trait emotional intelligence and thriving. The student who
was high in mindfulness and trait emotional intelligence showed a high thriving level.
Results of the analysis also revealed that trait emotional intelligence partially mediated
the relationship between trait mindfulness and thriving. The results were discussed in
consideration of available theory and research. Future research directions and limitations
of the current study are also suggested.