Religiosity and meditation practice : Exploring their explanatory power on psychological adjustment
| Autor: | Jesus Montero-Marin, Maria C. Perez-Yus, Ausias Cebolla, Joaquim Soler, Marcelo Demarzo, Javier Garcia-Campayo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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lcsh:BF1-990 Compassion Religiosity Psychological adjustment Religió Psychology Focused attention Meditation prayer General Psychology religious beliefs media_common Original Research Prayer psychological adjustment practice variables Confounding open monitoring Online assessment Meditació lcsh:Psychology Psicologia Happiness Compassion meditation Practice variables compassion meditation Open monitoring Religious beliefs Explanatory power focused attention Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Montero Marín, Jesús Perez Yus, María C. Cebolla i Martí, Ausiàs Josep Soler, Joaquim Demarzo, Marcelo García Campayo, Javier 2019 Religiosity and meditation practice: exploring their explanatory power on psychological adjustment Frontiers In Psychology 10 630 RODERIC. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat de Valéncia instname Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 10 (2019) Frontiers in Psychology r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau Zaguán. Repositorio Digital de la Universidad de Zaragoza |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| Popis: | There has been increased interest in the relationships between religiosity, meditation practice and well-being, but there is lack of understanding as to how specific religious components and distinct meditation practices could influence different positive and negative psychological adjustment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the explanatory power of religious beliefs and the practice of prayer, focused attention (FA), open monitoring (OM), and compassion meditation (CM) on psychological adjustment, taking into consideration a number of practice-related variables such as session length, frequency of practice and lifetime practice. Psychological adjustment was assessed by means of happiness, positive affect, depression, negative affect, and emotional overproduction. A cross-sectional design was used, with a final sample comprising 210 Spanish participants who completed an online assessment protocol. Hierarchical regressions were performed, including age, sex and psychotropic medication use in the first step as possible confounders, with the addition of religious beliefs and the practice of prayer, FA, OM, and CM in the second step. FA session length was related to all psychological adjustment outcomes: happiness (Delta R-2 = 0.09, p = 0.002; beta = 0.25, p = 0.001), positive affect (Delta R-2 = 0.09, p = 0.002; beta = 0.18, p = 0.014), depression (Delta R-2 = 0.07, p = 0.004; beta = -0.27, p < 0.001), negative affect (Delta R-2 = 0.08, p = 0.007; beta = -0.27, p < 0.001) and emotional overproduction (Delta R-2 = 0.07, p = 0.013; beta = -0.23, p = 0.001). CM session length was related to positive affect (beta = 0.18, p = 0.011). CM practice frequency was associated with happiness (Delta R-2 = 0.06, p = 0.038; beta = 0.16, p = 0.041). Lifetime practice of FA was related to happiness (Delta R-2 = 0.08, p = 0.007; beta = 0.21, p = 0.030) and OM to emotional overproduction (Delta R-2 = 0.08, p = 0.037; beta = -0.19, p = 0.047). Religious beliefs and prayer seemed to be less relevant than meditation practices such as FA, OM, and CM in explaining psychological adjustment. The distinct meditation practices might be differentially related to distinct psychological adjustment outcomes through different practice-related variables. However, research into other forms of institutional religiosity integrating social aspects of religion is required. |
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