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Mindfulness Meditation According to the Satipatthana Sutta: A Single-Case Study With Participants as Collaborators 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Peter Sedlmeier, Alica Beckel, Samuel Conrad, Jan Husmann, Luisa Kullrich, Rico Lange, Anna-Lena Müller, Alexandra Neumann, Teresa Schaaf, Ayla Schaub, Alexandra Tränkner & Bianca Witzel
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Verlag
  • 출판년도2023
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항
  • ISBN/ISSN1868-8535
  • 소개/요약We explored the efects of a mindfulness program based on the satipatthana sutta (instead of a contemporary Western program), with participants as collaborators, using a single-case experimental design. The main question was whether such a training has positive efects and, if so, whether and how the efects vary across participants and measures.Participants chose the design (multiple baseline) and the measures to be repeatedly collected. Then they took part in a 6-week mindfulness training based on the satipatthana sutta; finally, they performed a preliminary data analysis of their own results. Reported are a selection of the visual analyses, intraindividual effect sizes (Tau-U), and the results of single-case meta-analyses over participants, as well as a multivariate graphical analysis of interindividual differences.Substantial training effects were found on average and for the majority of participants for concentration, mind wandering, decentering, positive affect, and well-being. Effects were small for negative affect, and no effects were found for emotion regulation. However, interindividual variation was high, both in respect to specific measures and concerning the overall effect of the training program. Participants' motivation was found to be very high throughout the study.Our findings indicate that a traditional mindfulness program yields effects that are roughly comparable to the effects of secular mindfulness training regimens. Regarding participants as collaborators appears to have a strong motivating effect. And finally, the study demonstrates that using single-case experimental designs (instead of group designs) allows for a more fine-grained analysis of meditation effects. The high interindividual variation points to the possibility that the amount of unexplained variance in group studies is severely underestimated. Results from studies like the current one could have benefits for both theoretical advancement and custom-tailored assignment of specific forms of meditation to specific people with specific aims.