Article Do Correlations Between Mindfulness Components and Rumination in Student Athletes Support Mindfulness Training to Reduce Rumination? Emre Ozan Tingaz 1,2 and SonerC¸akmak 3 Abstract In the present study, we examined the relationship between mindfulness and rumi- nation among student-athletes. Ninety-seven young adult student-athletes (38.1% female, 61.9% male; M age ¼ 22.52, SD ¼ 3.53) completed both the Mindfulness Inventory for Sport and the Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire. Among these participants, we observed a significant positive correlation between rumination and the awareness sub-dimension of mindfulness. We also observed significant neg- ative correlations between rumination and two scores from the Mindfulness Inventory for Sport: non-judgment and overall mindfulness. Awareness, non- judgment, and mindfulness were all significant predictors of rumination in a linear regression analysis. While these are correlational data that do not permit causal inferences, these findings raise the possibility, in this population, that awareness 1 Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Psychology, Institute of Social Sciences, C¸a g University, Mersin, Turkey 3 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, C¸ukurova University, Adana, Turkey Corresponding Author: Emre Ozan Tingaz, Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. Email: emreozantingaz@gmail.com Perceptual and Motor Skills 0(0) 1–12 ! The Author(s) 2021 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/00315125211005243 journals.sagepub.com/home/pms