Promoting Altruism Through Meditation: An 8-Week Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
| Autor: | Daiva Daukantaité, Kousha Safarzadeh, Erik Wallmark, Rachel Maddux |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Health (social science)
Mindfulness Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Personal distress Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Empathy Altruism Intervention (counseling) Developmental and Educational Psychology Meditation Psychology Applied Psychology Empathic concern Self-compassion media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Mindfulness. 4:223-234 |
| ISSN: | 1868-8535 1868-8527 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a Buddhist meditation intervention on empathy, perceived stress, mindfulness, self-compassion, and of particular interest, the dispositional tendency to feel empathic concern rather than personal distress when perceiving another as in need, termed altruistic orientation. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 20) or a waiting list control group (n = 22). Results indicated a trend towards increases in altruistic orientation in the intervention group—an increase that significantly correlated with meditation time, decreases in perceived stress, and increases in self-compassion and mindfulness. Additionally, compared to the controls, significant increases in mindfulness and self-compassion and a significant decrease in perceived stress were obtained for the intervention group. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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