Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate and compare pathological personality traits in meditation practitioners and non-practitioners. Therefore, data were collected from 104 participants of both sexes aged over 18 years, including 53 practitioners of concentrative and mindfulness meditation styles, a...
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doaj-51a69d46c2634a1ab2b1ac831ac3d80b2020-11-25T01:44:38ZengUniversidade de São PauloPaidéia (Ribeirão Preto)1982-43272018-07-0128010.1590/1982-4327e2804S0103-863X2018000100603Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitionersLucas de Francisco CarvalhoWellington ArrudaAbstract This study aimed to evaluate and compare pathological personality traits in meditation practitioners and non-practitioners. Therefore, data were collected from 104 participants of both sexes aged over 18 years, including 53 practitioners of concentrative and mindfulness meditation styles, and 51 non-practitioners. Participants responded to the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (IDCP), the Brazilian version of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), and an anamnesis questionnaire about the practice of meditation; we proceeded to repeated ANOVA measures and logistic regression analysis to verify the study’s goals. Overall, higher means were observed for non-practitioners in the dimensions/factors of the tests, and specific pathological traits as best predictors of the participating groups (practitioners versus non-practitioners). The results indicated that the meditators tended to have lower intensity of pathological personality traits.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2018000100603&lng=en&tlng=enrasgos de personalidadmindfulnessmeditaciónevaluación psicológicapersonalidad patológica |
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Lucas de Francisco Carvalho Wellington Arruda Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) rasgos de personalidad mindfulness meditación evaluación psicológica personalidad patológica |
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Lucas de Francisco Carvalho Wellington Arruda |
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Lucas de Francisco Carvalho |
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Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners |
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Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners |
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Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners |
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Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners |
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Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners |
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assessment of pathological personality traits in meditation practitioners and non-practitioners |
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Universidade de São Paulo |
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Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) |
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2018-07-01 |
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Abstract This study aimed to evaluate and compare pathological personality traits in meditation practitioners and non-practitioners. Therefore, data were collected from 104 participants of both sexes aged over 18 years, including 53 practitioners of concentrative and mindfulness meditation styles, and 51 non-practitioners. Participants responded to the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (IDCP), the Brazilian version of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), and an anamnesis questionnaire about the practice of meditation; we proceeded to repeated ANOVA measures and logistic regression analysis to verify the study’s goals. Overall, higher means were observed for non-practitioners in the dimensions/factors of the tests, and specific pathological traits as best predictors of the participating groups (practitioners versus non-practitioners). The results indicated that the meditators tended to have lower intensity of pathological personality traits. |
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rasgos de personalidad mindfulness meditación evaluación psicológica personalidad patológica |
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