2026-06-03T01:42:17Zhttps://riubu.ubu.es/oai/requestoai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/117702026-06-02T00:05:42Zcom_10259_3725com_10259_5086com_10259_2604col_10259_3726
Fuente Anuncibay, Raquel de la
González Barbadillo, Ángela
Ortega Sánchez, Delfín
Pizarro Ruiz, Juan Pablo
2026-06-01T07:17:57Z
2026-06-01T07:17:57Z
2020-08
https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11770
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01915
1664-1078
1664-042X
Numerous research studies link mindfulness training to improved empathy. However, few studies focus on the mediating factors of empathy. This work has three objectives: (a) to analyze the possible mediation of mindfulness as a feature in this relation, (b) to analyze the mindfulness factors that mediate in the increase of empathy and (c) to analyze the moderating role of gender. The sample was composed of 246 Spanish-speaking university students (M = 24.08 years, SD = 8.43). The instruments used were the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) and the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ). For data analysis, the indirect effect was calculated using 10000 bootstrap samples for the bias-corrected bootstrap confidence intervals (BCI). The improvement of empathy is mediated by the changes in mindfulness trait (B = 0.233, p < 0.001), disappearing in the presence of this mediator, the direct effect of mindfulness practice on empathy (B = 0.161, p = 0.394). We did not find a differential functioning of this mediation according to gender. Observing and describing are the FFMQ factors that mediate significantly between mindfulness practice and empathy.
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Frontiers in Psychology. 2020, V. 11, art. 1915
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01915
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Mindfulness
Empathy
Mediating effect
Gender
FFMQ
TEQ
Atención plena
Empatía
Mindfulness (Psychology)
Empathy
Mindfulness and Empathy: Mediating Factors and Gender Differences in a Spanish Sample
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Frontiers in Psychology
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