Religiosity and meditation practice

There has been increased interest in the relationships between religiosity, meditation practice and well-being, but there is lack of understanding as to how specific religious components and distinct meditation practices could influence different positive and negative psychological adjustment outcom...

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Autores: Montero-Marín, Jesús|||0000-0001-5677-1662, Perez-Yus, María Cruz|||0000-0001-5566-9746, Cebolla Marti, Ausias|||0000-0002-3456-9743, Soler, Joaquim|||0000-0001-8077-3641, Demarzo, Marcelo|||0000-0002-7447-1839, Garcia-Campayo, Javier|||0000-0002-3797-4218
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00630
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Palabra clave:Compassion meditation
Focused attention
Open monitoring
Practice variables
Prayer
Psychological adjustment
Religious beliefs
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spelling Religiosity and meditation practiceExploring their explanatory power on psychological adjustmentMontero-Marín, Jesús|||0000-0001-5677-1662Perez-Yus, María Cruz|||0000-0001-5566-9746Cebolla Marti, Ausias|||0000-0002-3456-9743Soler, Joaquim|||0000-0001-8077-3641Demarzo, Marcelo|||0000-0002-7447-1839Garcia-Campayo, Javier|||0000-0002-3797-4218Compassion meditationFocused attentionOpen monitoringPractice variablesPrayerPsychological adjustmentReligious beliefsThere has been increased interest in the relationships between religiosity, meditation practice and well-being, but there is lack of understanding as to how specific religious components and distinct meditation practices could influence different positive and negative psychological adjustment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the explanatory power of religious beliefs and the practice of prayer, focused attention (FA), open monitoring (OM), and compassion meditation (CM) on psychological adjustment, taking into consideration a number of practice-related variables such as session length, frequency of practice and lifetime practice. Psychological adjustment was assessed by means of happiness, positive affect, depression, negative affect, and emotional overproduction. A cross-sectional design was used, with a final sample comprising 210 Spanish participants who completed an online assessment protocol. Hierarchical regressions were performed, including age, sex and psychotropic medication use in the first step as possible confounders, with the addition of religious beliefs and the practice of prayer, FA, OM, and CM in the second step. FA session length was related to all psychological adjustment outcomes: happiness (ΔR = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.25, p = 0.001), positive affect (ΔR = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.18, p = 0.014), depression (ΔR = 0.07, p = 0.004; β = -0.27, p < 0.001), negative affect (ΔR = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = -0.27, p < 0.001) and emotional overproduction (ΔR = 0.07, p = 0.013; β = -0.23, p = 0.001). CM session length was related to positive affect (β = 0.18, p = 0.011). CM practice frequency was associated with happiness (ΔR = 0.06, p = 0.038; β = 0.16, p = 0.041). Lifetime practice of FA was related to happiness (ΔR = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = 0.21, p = 0.030) and OM to emotional overproduction (ΔR = 0.08, p = 0.037; β = -0.19, p = 0.047). Religious beliefs and prayer seemed to be less relevant than meditation practices such as FA, OM, and CM in explaining psychological adjustment. The distinct meditation practices might be differentially related to distinct psychological adjustment outcomes through different practice-related variables. However, research into other forms of institutional religiosity integrating social aspects of religion is required.Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 22019-01-0120192019-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/224130https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00630reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 RD16-0007-0005open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2241302026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Religiosity and meditation practice
Exploring their explanatory power on psychological adjustment
title Religiosity and meditation practice
spellingShingle Religiosity and meditation practice
Montero-Marín, Jesús|||0000-0001-5677-1662
Compassion meditation
Focused attention
Open monitoring
Practice variables
Prayer
Psychological adjustment
Religious beliefs
title_short Religiosity and meditation practice
title_full Religiosity and meditation practice
title_fullStr Religiosity and meditation practice
title_full_unstemmed Religiosity and meditation practice
title_sort Religiosity and meditation practice
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Montero-Marín, Jesús|||0000-0001-5677-1662
Perez-Yus, María Cruz|||0000-0001-5566-9746
Cebolla Marti, Ausias|||0000-0002-3456-9743
Soler, Joaquim|||0000-0001-8077-3641
Demarzo, Marcelo|||0000-0002-7447-1839
Garcia-Campayo, Javier|||0000-0002-3797-4218
author Montero-Marín, Jesús|||0000-0001-5677-1662
author_facet Montero-Marín, Jesús|||0000-0001-5677-1662
Perez-Yus, María Cruz|||0000-0001-5566-9746
Cebolla Marti, Ausias|||0000-0002-3456-9743
Soler, Joaquim|||0000-0001-8077-3641
Demarzo, Marcelo|||0000-0002-7447-1839
Garcia-Campayo, Javier|||0000-0002-3797-4218
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author2 Perez-Yus, María Cruz|||0000-0001-5566-9746
Cebolla Marti, Ausias|||0000-0002-3456-9743
Soler, Joaquim|||0000-0001-8077-3641
Demarzo, Marcelo|||0000-0002-7447-1839
Garcia-Campayo, Javier|||0000-0002-3797-4218
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Compassion meditation
Focused attention
Open monitoring
Practice variables
Prayer
Psychological adjustment
Religious beliefs
topic Compassion meditation
Focused attention
Open monitoring
Practice variables
Prayer
Psychological adjustment
Religious beliefs
description There has been increased interest in the relationships between religiosity, meditation practice and well-being, but there is lack of understanding as to how specific religious components and distinct meditation practices could influence different positive and negative psychological adjustment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the explanatory power of religious beliefs and the practice of prayer, focused attention (FA), open monitoring (OM), and compassion meditation (CM) on psychological adjustment, taking into consideration a number of practice-related variables such as session length, frequency of practice and lifetime practice. Psychological adjustment was assessed by means of happiness, positive affect, depression, negative affect, and emotional overproduction. A cross-sectional design was used, with a final sample comprising 210 Spanish participants who completed an online assessment protocol. Hierarchical regressions were performed, including age, sex and psychotropic medication use in the first step as possible confounders, with the addition of religious beliefs and the practice of prayer, FA, OM, and CM in the second step. FA session length was related to all psychological adjustment outcomes: happiness (ΔR = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.25, p = 0.001), positive affect (ΔR = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.18, p = 0.014), depression (ΔR = 0.07, p = 0.004; β = -0.27, p < 0.001), negative affect (ΔR = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = -0.27, p < 0.001) and emotional overproduction (ΔR = 0.07, p = 0.013; β = -0.23, p = 0.001). CM session length was related to positive affect (β = 0.18, p = 0.011). CM practice frequency was associated with happiness (ΔR = 0.06, p = 0.038; β = 0.16, p = 0.041). Lifetime practice of FA was related to happiness (ΔR = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = 0.21, p = 0.030) and OM to emotional overproduction (ΔR = 0.08, p = 0.037; β = -0.19, p = 0.047). Religious beliefs and prayer seemed to be less relevant than meditation practices such as FA, OM, and CM in explaining psychological adjustment. The distinct meditation practices might be differentially related to distinct psychological adjustment outcomes through different practice-related variables. However, research into other forms of institutional religiosity integrating social aspects of religion is required.
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