Hispanic children constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States of America, and yet few studies examine the relationship between mindfulness and Hispanic children’s quality of life. This 2018 study seeks to gain insight into how mindfulness is associated with Hispanic children’s quality of life. We surveyed 96 children in 5th- and 6th-grade classes in three Northern New Jersey elementary schools in 2018. Structure Equation Modeling was used to examine the associations between mindfulness, executive function, social-emotional skills, and quality of life. The results indicate that mindfulness is significantly and directly associated with executive function (β = 0.53), and that executive function is positively associated with social-emotional skills (β = 0.54) and quality of life (β = 0.51) of the sampled Hispanic children. The total effects on quality of life are significant for mindfulness (β = 0.33), executive function (β = 0.62), and social-emotional skills (β = 0.20). The findings shed light upon factors that can affect Hispanic children’s quality of life and call for interventions related to these factors in order to improve their well-being.

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西班牙裔儿童的正念，执行功能，社交情感技能和生活质量之间的关联

西班牙裔儿童是美利坚合众国最大的少数民族，但很少有研究检验正念与西班牙裔儿童生活质量之间的关系。这项2018年的研究旨在了解正念与西班牙裔儿童的生活质量如何相关。我们在2018年对新泽西州北部三所小学的5年级和6年级学生进行了调查。结构方程模型用于检验正念，执行功能，社交情感技能和生活质量之间的关联。结果表明，正念与执行功能显着且直接相关（β= 0.53），而执行功能与抽样的西班牙裔儿童的社交情感技能（β= 0.54）和生活质量（β= 0.51）正相关。对生活质量的总体影响对于正念（β= 0.33），执行功能（β= 0.62）和社交情感技能（β= 0.20）均很重要。调查结果揭示了可能影响西班牙裔儿童生活质量的因素，并呼吁与这些因素相关的干预措施，以改善他们的幸福感。