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Mindfulness meditation counteracts self-control depletion 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Friese, M.,Messner, C.,Schaffner, Y.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
  • 출판년도2012
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Consciousness and cognition
  • 발행사항Vol.21No.2[2012]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1053-8100
  • 소개/요약Mindfulness meditation describes a set of different mental techniques to train attention and awareness. Trait mindfulness and extended mindfulness interventions can benefit self-control. The present study investigated the short-term consequences of mindfulness meditation under conditions of limited self-control resources. Specifically, we hypothesized that a brief period of mindfulness meditation would counteract the deleterious effect that the exertion of self-control has on subsequent self-control performance. Participants who had been depleted of self-control resources by an emotion suppression task showed decrements in self-control performance as compared to participants who had not suppressed emotions. However, participants who had meditated after emotion suppression performed equally well on the subsequent self-control task as participants who had not exerted self-control previously. This finding suggests that a brief period of mindfulness meditation may serve as a quick and efficient strategy to foster self-control under conditions of low resources.