The effects of meditation on openness, awareness, and acceptance: A correlational study.

摘要

The new field of positive psychology has provided opportunities to shift areas of focus for clinical research from traditional Western perspectives to more integrative Eastern interventions. This study investigated the correlation between length of time practicing meditation and characteristics rooted in awareness, acceptance, and openness. Measures completed by 108 participants explored wisdom, creativity, emotional intelligence, cognitive failures, mindfulness, personality, and satisfaction with life. Although all correlations between length of time practicing meditation and the constructs being examined were rendered insignificant once controlled for the effects of personality, promising future areas of focus for research were identified.