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Metaphor can influence meta-thinking and affective levels in guided meditation 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명AJ Silvestre-López, D Pinazo, A Barrós-Lorcertales
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer
  • 출판년도2021
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Current Psychology
  • 발행사항13-Jan
  • ISBN/ISSN10461310, 19364733
  • 소개/요약Inducing a state of meditation through conceptual metaphors used in the language of guided meditation instructions can have distinctive effects on well-being and meta-thinking. We hypothesized that the use of novel deliberate metaphor in the instructions of a guided meditation in which participants are invited to pay attention to thoughts would help novice meditators increase their meta-thinking activity and change their affective state during a guided meditation session. We conducted a study to test this hypothesis, using four experimental conditions (novel deliberate metaphor, conventional deliberate metaphor, non-metaphorical, silence) in micromeditation sessions with 324 university students. Results validate the instructions exploiting novel deliberate metaphor to activate meta-thinking activity and improve the affective state. These findings enhance our understanding of the short-term effects of guided meditation instructions, particularly regarding how the use of conceptual metaphor in the language of instructions can influence the meta-cognitive and affective levels of meditators, and open new directions both in applied metaphor studies and meditation research.