The Mediating Effects of Nonattachment on the Relationship between Mid-life Women’s Crisis and Psychological Flexibility

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of nonattachment in the relationship between the sense of crisis and psychological flexibility experienced by middle-aged women.CONTENTS To accomplish this an online survey was conducted on mid-life crisis, psychological flexibility, and nonattachment to 300 middle-aged women between the ages of 40 and 65. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 22.0 and SPSS PROCESS Macro. The researcher conducted Pearson's correlation analysis was conducted to confirm the correlation between the variables, and regression analysis was conducted to verify the mediating effect of nonattachment between mid-life crisis and psychological flexibility.RESULTS First, that midlife crisis showed a significant negative correlation with nonattachment and psychological flexibility and nonattachment showed a significant positive correlation with psychological flexibility. Second, the analysis of the mediating effect on the relationship between mid-life women’s crisis and psychological flexibility showed that it was partially mediated by nonattachment. The importance of nonattachment was identified in the effect of mid-life women's crisis on their psychological flexibility. It is significant that this study provided basic data for the development of a Buddhist-based counseling program for women experiencing a mid-life crisis.