Mindfulness as a factor of psychological well-being of club community members

   The relevance of studying the problem of personal mindfulness is dictated by complex global processes affecting the socio-economic, spiritual and moral foundations of society.

   Mindfulness as a special state of consciousness can be the only constructive response to the challenges of changing reality. Mindfulness as a cultural and psychological phenomenon of modernity can be said to have “embraced” the social world, becoming a fashionable topic in the media space. Scientists see this as a spontaneous coping strategy of society in a situation of social turbulence. The article presents an analysis of monitoring the well-being of participants in club activities: factors of mindfulness, volitional and emotional manifestations of personality. The problems of mindfulness are considered from the standpoint of the psychological and social well-being of the individual, as a socio-psychological construct formed during the life of an individual. The dynamics of changes in mindfulness and its intrastructural components in different groups of respondents, depending on age and socio-psychological parameters, is presented. The study involves people who are at the adult stage of their ontogenetic development, the sample was divided into three age groups: young age, mature age, and old age.

   Conclusions: 1) The desire to communicate and expand the range of their physical activity are the main motives for involving adults in club activities; 2) Young club members have higher values for the factors “F4 – Observing” (27.9) and “F3 – Nonjudging of inner experience” (27.5) than representatives of the two older generations (25.3 and 25.2); 3) Low scores on the “F3 – Nonjudging of inner experience” scale among older club members can be considered as a positive phenomenon associated with critical thinking; 4) According to the “F2 – Describing”factor, the descriptive experience of older club members is better expressed (29.3) than that of young and middle-aged representatives; 5) The elderly have significantly higher indicators for the factor “F1 – Acting with a wareness” (28.1); 6) There are differences between the three age groups on the scales of “Value of emotional control” (H-test=7.305, at p < 0.026) and “Self-efficacy of emotional control” (H-test = 7.478, at p < 0.024).

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