Mar 31, 2020 06:00:00

To live positively, it is important to focus on the moment and look ahead

There are various stressors in everyday life, and many people live under stress. A combination of

mindfulness and proactive coping is important to survive such day-to-day stress, according to a research team at North Carolina State University.

Thinking ahead and staying in the present: Implications for reactivity to daily stressors-ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886920301604

To Stay Positive, Live in the Moment – But Plan Ahead | NC State News
https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/03/mindful-proactive-positive-mood/

A team led by Professor Shevaun D. Neupert of North Carolina State University's School of Psychology has shown how mindfulness and proactive coping An analysis was done to determine if it would have any effect. According to the research team, mindfulness refers to the psychological process of `` looking at this moment's experience as it is '' and proactive coping `` reducing the possibility of future stress In order to make a plan '.

The survey data analyzed included the “proactive coping tendencies” of the subjects at the start of the survey, as well as the “mindfulness Degree of achievement '. The study involved a total of 223 subjects, 116 subjects from the ages of 60 to 90 and 107 subjects from the ages of 18 to 36 years.

Analysis of the findings shows that proactive coping can help reduce the effects of daily stressors, and when combined with mindfulness, reduces one-quarter of the negative effects of stressors It was done. However, on the day subjects reported that they had not achieved their mindfulness, this effect had almost disappeared.

According to the findings, Neupart asserts that 'proactive coping and mindfulness combine to make people of all ages resilient to everyday stress.' 'It's particularly useful to try mindfulness if you tend to focus on the future without focusing on the moment.'