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Does brief mindfulness training increase empathy? The role of personality 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Winning, A. P.,Boag, S.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam
  • 출판년도2015
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Personality and individual differences
  • 발행사항Vol.86No.-[2015]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0191-8869
  • 소개/요약This study sought to investigate if a short mindfulness induction can augment empathic functioning, while taking into account the role of the personality traits. Analysis of 102 participants suggests that a short mindfulness induction is most effective in improving cognitive empathy in individuals with lower trait Conscientiousness and Extraversion scores. No evidence was found for a moderation effect with regard to affective empathy. Results of this study are incongruent with studies utilising self-report measures of empathic functioning, but congruent with both predictions from personality theory as well as studies not assessing empathy through self-report measures. Implications for understanding the relationship between personality and mindfulness, as well as appropriate assessment procedures, are discussed.