Mindfulness increases prosocial responses toward ostracized strangers through empathic concern.
Journal of Experimental Psychology General 2018 Daniel R. Berry, Athena H. Cairo, Robert J. Goodman et al. 176 citations
Four studies tested the proposition that mindfulness and its training fostered prosociality toward ostracized strangers. In discovery Study 1, dispositional mindfulness predicted greater empathic concern for, and more helping behavior toward, an ostracized stranger. Using an experimental design, Study 2 revealed that very briefly instructed mindfulness, relative to active control instructions,...