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Enhanced Response Inhibition During Intensive Meditation Training Predicts Improvements in Self-Reported Adaptive Socioemotional Functioning

Sahdra, Baljinder K., MacLean, Katherine A., Ferrer, Emilio, Shaver, Phillip R., Rosenberg, Erika L., Jacobs, Tonya L., Zanesco, Anthony P., King, Brandon G. +6 more·2011·Emotion

Abstract

We examined the impact of training-induced improvements in self-regulation, operationalized in terms of response inhibition, on longitudinal changes in self-reported adaptive socioemotional functioning. Data were collected from participants undergoing 3 months of intensive meditation training in an isolated retreat setting (Retreat 1) and a wait-list control group that later underwent identical training (Retreat 2). A 32-min response inhibition task (RIT) was designed to assess sustained self-regulatory control. Adaptive functioning (AF) was operationalized as a single latent factor underlying self-report measures of anxious and avoidant attachment, mindfulness, ego resilience, empathy, the five major personality traits (extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience), difficulties in emotion regulation, depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being. Participants in Retreat 1 improved in RIT performance and AF over time whereas the controls did not. The control participants later also improved on both dimensions during their own retreat (Retreat 2). These improved levels of RIT performance and AF were sustained in follow-up assessments conducted approximately 5 months after the training. Longitudinal dynamic models with combined data from both retreats showed that improvement in RIT performance during training influenced the change in AF over time, which is consistent with a key claim in the Buddhist literature that enhanced capacity for self-regulation is an important precursor of changes in emotional well-being.

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Sahdra, B. K., MacLean, K. A., Ferrer, E., Shaver, P. R., Rosenberg, E. L., Jacobs, T. L., Zanesco, A. P., King, B. G., Aichele, S. R., Bridwell, D. A., Mangun, G. R., Lavy, S., Wallace, B. A., & Saron, C. D.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Ariel University (IL)
  • University of California Davis Medical Center (US)
Venue
Emotion
Published
2011-04
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
299-312
ISSN
  • 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1516
OpenAlex
W2018175027
Cited by
197
References
76
Citations by year
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FWCI
18.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Emotion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords
meditation training, response inhibition, self-regulation, emotion regulation, mindfulness, ego-resilience, empathy, personality traits, attachment, psychological well-being, Buddhist psychology, longitudinal change
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Empathy, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Psychological Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Adjustment, Meditation, Young Adult, Emotional Intelligence

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