Is Neuroticism in Complete Contradiction to Mindfulness:A Study of Adult Married Individuals

The emergence of the mindfulness concept has given impetus to mindfulness as a technique to eradicate the unstable nature of the human life and the stable personality traits. Neuroticism one of the trait of the big five, on the other hand is the trait of personality which keeps the person on the verge, agitated, impatient and rushing from one moment to the next one. This tends to make the construct of neuroticism as almost opposite of being mindful. The contrast of neuroticism does not only stand in opposition to mindfulnes on the theoretical grounds but also on the experiential basis as well. The present study has attempted to validate the theoretical assumption about the negative relationship between these two constructs on the 125 samples of married, graduate male and female, age range 25 to 45 yrs, from middle and upper middle class. Pearson product moment correlation yielded insignificant values to support the hypothesis. The total scores of neuroticism and mindfulness were considered. The statistical analysis was done, Pearson product moment correlation reveals r=-0.074 for male and for female r=-0.044, which are statistically insignificant. The present research findings claim no such association on the total score of mindfulness and neuroticism for both the genders.