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Positive and Negative Emotions and Nonattachment in Vietnamese Buddhists
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Several research have shown that nonattachment, a Buddhist practice, could reduce negative emotions and improve positive emotions (Sahdra & Shaver, 2013; Sahdra, Shaver, & Brown, 2010; Wang, Wong, & Yeh, 2016; Wendling, 2012). We aimed to explore such influences in a sample of Vietnamese Buddhists (N = 472). Our methods included the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Spielberger et al., 1983), the Nonattachment Scale (NAS; Sahdra et al., 2010), and a demographic and religious questionnaire. Results showed that positive emotion scores (M = 2.89, SD = .502) of participants were significantly higher than that of their negative emotion scores (M = 2.10, SD = .587, p < .001). People with strong religious commitment such as monks, lay-people who practiced at pagoda, and lay-people who practiced with sangha had higher positive emotion scores and less negative emotion scores than those whose religious commitment were weak. Nonattachment was positively correlated with positive emotions (r = .47, p < .01) and negatively correlated with negative emotions (r = -.37, p < .01). Nonattachment could also explain 21.7% positive emotions variance (p < .001) and 12.4% negative emotions variance (p < .001). Nonattachment and religious commitment could, therefore, influence greatly positive emotions in Buddhists. This result suggested a discussion about applying nonattachment to prevent emotional problems and improve psychological well-being.
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- Authors
- Nguyen, H. T. M., & Nguyen, H. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- ORCID
- Hoang V. Nguyen
- Venue
- Asian Journal of Social Science Studies
- Publisher
- July Press Pte. Ltd.
- Published
- 2018-03-02
- Pages
- p32
- ISSN
- 2424-8517 (ISSN-L)
- 2424-9041
- OpenAlex
- W2789313822
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Asian Journal of Social Science Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- non-attachment, positive emotions, negative emotions, Buddhist practice, religious commitment, anxiety, psychological well-being, sangha, monks
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