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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Main Authors: Lucas de Francisco Carvalho, Wellington Arruda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-07-01
Series:Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2018000100603&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling 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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author Lucas de Francisco Carvalho
Wellington Arruda
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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
author_facet Lucas de Francisco Carvalho
Wellington Arruda
author_sort Lucas de Francisco Carvalho
title Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners
title_short Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners
title_full Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners
title_fullStr Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Pathological Personality traits in Meditation Practitioners and Non-practitioners
title_sort assessment of pathological personality traits in meditation practitioners and non-practitioners
publisher Universidade de São Paulo
series Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)
issn 1982-4327
publishDate 2018-07-01
description 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.
topic rasgos de personalidad
mindfulness
meditación
evaluación psicológica
personalidad patológica
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