Mindfulness meditation and explicit and implicit indicators of personality and self-concept changes.
Cristiano Crescentini, Viviana Capurso
Frontiers in Psychology January 29, 2015 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00044 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Mindfulness meditation |
| Measures | Five-Factor model of personality traits, Temperament and Character Inventory |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Character Mindfulness meditation Self-concept Personality inventory Explicit-attitude Implicit-attitude |
| Key findings | The authors conclude that mindfulness meditation may notably shape practitioners' personality and self-concept toward healthier profiles, based on studies using self-report inventories such as the Five-Factor model and the Temperament and Character Inventory and on findings concerning implicit and explicit self-representations. They caution that research on mindfulness and personality remains in its infancy. |
Abstract
The scientific interest on mindfulness meditation (MM) has significantly increased in the last two decades probably because of the positive health effects that this practice exerts in a great variety of clinical and non-clinical conditions. Despite attention regulation, emotional regulation, and body awareness have been argued to be critical mechanisms through which MM improves well-being, much less is known on the effects of this practice on personality. Here we review the current state of knowledge about the role of MM in promoting changes in practitioners' personality profiles and self-concepts. We first focus on studies that investigated the relations between mindfulness and personality using well-known self-report inventories such as the Five-Factor model of personality traits and the Temperament and Character Inventory. Second, based on the intrinsic limitations of these explicit personality measures, we review a key set of results showing effects of MM on implicit, as well as explicit, self-representations. Although the research on MM and personality is still in its infancy, it appears that this form of meditative practice may notably shape individuals' personality and self-concept toward more healthy profiles.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
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Cites 24
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