Short-Term Training in Mindfulness Predicts Helping Behavior Toward Racial Ingroup and Outgroup Members
Social Psychological and Personality Science November 18, 2021 Daniel R. Berry, Catherine S. J. Wall, Justin D. Tubbs et al. 29 citations
A randomized controlled trial tested whether mindfulness training would increase lab-based and in vivo spontaneous helping behaviors toward racial outgroup members. First, across conditions, those scoring higher in baseline trait mindfulness showed higher levels of preintervention lab-based and ecological momentary assessment (EMA)-based helping behavior. Next, short-term (4-day) training in...