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The happy face of mindfulness: Mindfulness meditation is associated with perceptions of happiness as rated by outside observers
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Choi, Y.,Karremans, J.C.,Barendregt, H.
- 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
- 출판년도2012
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기THE JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
- 발행사항Vol.7No.1[2012]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN1743-9760
- 소개/요약The last decade has witnessed an enormous increase in research examining the effects of mindfulness meditation. One of the basic assumptions guiding this research is that meditation ultimately makes people happier. In this article, in two studies we tested whether meditators actually look happier. To address this question, outside raters judged the happiness of meditators and non-meditators based on a 15-s video clip of their behaviour. Study 1 demonstrated that novice meditators looked happier after an intensive 9-day meditation retreat (as compared to before the retreat), while Study 2 demonstrated that experienced mindfulness meditators looked happier as compared to controls. The interpersonal implications of these findings are discussed.
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