The effect of meditation based on self-observation on cognitive responses in conflictive social interaction
Engelsk titel: The effect of meditation based on self-observation on cognitive responses in conflictive social interaction
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Författare:
Pinazo, Daniel
;
Vazquez, Carolina
Email: pinazo@uji.es
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 42
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UI-nummer: 14121195
Sammanfattning
Conflictive social interactions are associated with the attribution of responsibility for our
negative experiences to the other, and with a distant social perception of the other. When we
meditate we acquire skills related to thought that allow us to observe how we perceive and
signify interaction with the other, which distances us from the response to the meaning of this
perception. This way of attending to events can have a negative effect on the tendency to make
dispositional attributions, which are generally more conflictive, since the person making the
attribution blames the other for the unpleasant situation he or she is experiencing. For this
reason, the associated practice of meditation may affect social interactions by reducing conflict.
The relationship between infrequent meditation, associated to the development of selfobservation,
with the locus of attribution for an unpleasant event, the perception of anger with
oneself, and the social distance from the outgroup was analysed using a sample of 229
individuals (118 non-meditators and 111 unspecific meditators). Results show that meditation
has the effect of reducing dispositional attributions, perception of anger and social distance, and
provide evidence for the moderating effect of self-observation ability.