Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners
Lucas de Francisco Carvalho, Wellington Arruda
Paidéia July 2, 2018 DOI: 10.1590/1982-4327e2804 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cross-sectional comparative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 104 |
| Population | Adults over 18 years, including 53 concentrative and mindfulness meditation practitioners and 51 non-practitioners |
| Measures | Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (IDCP), Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 2 |
| Key findings | Non-practitioners showed higher mean scores on the personality dimensions and factors assessed, and specific pathological traits predicted group membership. The authors indicate that meditation practitioners tended to have lower intensity of pathological personality traits. |
Abstract
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate and compare pathological personality traits in meditation practitioners and non-practitioners. Therefore, data were collected from 104 participants of both sexes aged over 18 years, including 53 practitioners of concentrative and mindfulness meditation styles, and 51 non-practitioners. Participants responded to the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (IDCP), the Brazilian version of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), and an anamnesis questionnaire about the practice of meditation; we proceeded to repeated ANOVA measures and logistic regression analysis to verify the study’s goals. Overall, higher means were observed for non-practitioners in the dimensions/factors of the tests, and specific pathological traits as best predictors of the participating groups (practitioners versus non-practitioners). The results indicated that the meditators tended to have lower intensity of pathological personality traits.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
Citations in the library
Cites 8
- Mechanisms of mindfulness Journal of Clinical Psychology December 29, 2005
- Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences October 11, 2007
- Dispositional mindfulness moderates the relation between neuroticism and depressive symptoms Personality and Individual Differences September 16, 2011
- Mindfulness as Self-Regulated Attention Swiss Journal of Psychology 2012
- Mindfulness-oriented meditation improves self-related character scales in healthy individuals. Comprehensive Psychiatry July 2014
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