Mindful Walking and Personality Traits among University Students

Abstract

There have been reports of declining mental well-being of university students due to academic stress, peer pressure and career anxiety. With the sample size of 124 male and female university students this study aims at understanding how mindful walking and personality traits are influencing the mental well-being of university students, and gender differences. WEMWBS scale was used for assessing mental well-being and BFI-10 inventory for assessing personality traits. A positive correlation between mindful walking and mental well-being was found and extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness had a positive correlation with mental well-being, whereas neuroticism had a negative correlation and there was no correlation between openness and mental well-being. A significant gender difference existed in mindful walking whereas there was no gender difference in mental well-being of university students. In the world of busy time schedules this study provides the way of engaging in a time efficient physical activity i.e., mindful walking and adhere to its benefits on mental well-being.