The Role of Relational Mindfulness in Adult Attachment, Relational Self-Construal, and Positive Emotions among Married Millennial Couples

Description

This data was collected from married millennial individuals as part of a study on relational mindfulness, pro-relationship dispositions, and behaviors as part of doctoral work. The data collection process started after having received the Instiutional Review Board approval from the University. We used both online and offline survey forms in the data collection process. The request to participate in the study was sent to the potential participants through social media, emails, flyers, and word-of-mouth. From the potential participants, we could collect 182 responses after removing the outliers. Among the 182 participants, females are 98 and males are 84. The age of the respondents ranges from 25 to 40, and the marital duration from 4 months to 20 years. This data contains the social demographic details of the participants, such as age, gender, marital duration, marriage type (arranged marriage or self-selected marriages), number of children, number of other family members, educational qualifications, and occupational status. Moreover, responses collected using likert scale questionnaires are also part of this data. The relationship mindfulness measure (RMM, 5-items), adapted mindfulness components [non-judgment (NJ, 3-items) and non-reactivity (NJ, 3-items)], the Gratitude questionnaire (GQ, 6-items), the emotional forgiveness scale (PPE, 4 items and RNE, 4-items), the relational self-construal scale (RSC, 11 items), the adult attachment scales (AV, 6 items and AN, 6 items). The emotional forgiveness scale has two subscales, such as the presence of positive emotions and the reduction of negative emotions that are listed in the data as PPE and RNE. The adult attachment scale (AAS) also has two subscales, namely avoidant attachment (AV) and anxious attachment (AN). In this data, we have not used the component-wise examination of the data related to the emotional forgiveness scale and adult attachment scale. Instead, we considered the cumulative scores of the total scale. The reverse coding of the scores had already been performed according to the directives of the authors of each questionnaire.

Steps to reproduce

This data was collected using a convenient sampling method. We used social media links, emails, and flyers to reach out to the potential study participants. The survey questionnaires were sent to the respondents in Google Forms along with the Institutional Review Board approval of the University. In addition, married individuals were gathered in community centers as part of a relationship education program, and the data was collected from that group physically using a pen-and-paper method. Both survey forms included informed consent from the participants, and the study participation was completely voluntary. The survey forms included questions concerning the inclusion criteria of the study. For example, participants who have any psychiatric issues and medications were not part of the data collection. The instruments used in this data collection process were the relationship mindfulness scales, the adapted subscales from the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), such as the non-judgment and non-reactivity subscales, the gratitude questionnaire, the emotional forgiveness scale, the experiences in close relationships scales (ECRS-SF), and the relational self-construal scale.

Institutions

• Christ University

  Karnataka, Bangalore

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