Psychological Effects of a 1-Month Meditation Retreat on Experienced Meditators: The Role of Non-attachment
Por:
Montero-Marin, J, Puebla-Guedea, M, Herrera-Mercadal, P, Cebolla, A, Soler, J, Demarzo, M, Vazquez, C, Rodriguez-Bornaetxea, F, Garcia-Campayo, J
Publicada:
12 dic 2016
Resumen:
Background: There are few studies devoted to assessing the impact of meditation-intensive retreats on the well-being, positive psychology, and personality of experienced meditators. We aimed to assess whether a 1-month Vipassana retreat: (a) would increase mindfulness and well-being; (b) would increase prosocial personality traits; and (c) whether psychological changes would be mediated and/or moderated by non-attachment.
Method: A controlled, non-randomized, pre-post-intervention trial was used. The intervention group was a convenience sample (n = 19) of experienced meditators who participated in a 1-month Vipassana meditation retreat. The control group (n = 19) comprised matched experienced meditators who did not take part in the retreat. During the retreat, the mean duration of daily practice was 8-9 h, the diet was vegetarian and silence was compulsory. The Experiences Questionnaire (EQ), Non-attachment Scale (NAS), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), Temperament Character Inventory Revised (TCI-R-67), Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Self-Other Four Immeasurables (SOFI) and the MINDSENS Composite Index were administered. ANCOVAs and linear regression models were used to assess pre-post changes and mediation/moderation effects.
Results: Compared to controls, retreatants showed increases in non-attachment, observing, MINDSENS, positive-affect, balance-affect, and cooperativeness; and decreases in describing, negative-others, reward-dependence and self-directedness. Non-attachment had a mediating role in decentring, acting aware, non-reactivity, negative-affect, balance-affect and self-directedness; and a moderating role in describing and positive others, with both mediating and moderating effects on satisfaction with life.
Conclusions: A 1-month Vipassana meditation retreat seems to yield improvements in mindfulness, well-being, and personality, even in experienced meditators. Non-attachment might facilitate psychological improvements of meditation, making it possible to overcome possible ceiling effects ascribed to non-intensive practices.
Filiaciones:
Montero-Marin, J:
Ctr Invest Blomed Red Salud Mental, Primary Care Prevent & Hlth Promot Res Network, Fac Hlth & Sport Sci, Zaragoza, Spain
Puebla-Guedea, M:
Ctr Invest Blomed Red Salud Mental, Primary Care Prevent & Hlth Promot Res Network, Inst Aragones Ciencias Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
Herrera-Mercadal, P:
Ctr Invest Blomed Red Salud Mental, Primary Care Prevent & Hlth Promot Res Network, Inst Aragones Ciencias Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
Cebolla, A:
Univ Valencia, Dept Personal Evaluat & Psychol Treatment, Valencia, Spain
CIBERObn Giber Physiopathol Obes & Nutr, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
Soler, J:
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau Barcelona, Spain Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental, Dept Psicol Clin & Salut,CIBERSAM,Serv Psiquiatri, Madrid, Spain
Demarzo, M:
Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Prevent Med, Mente Aberta Brazilian Ctr Mindfulness & Hlth Pro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hosp Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Vazquez, C:
Univ Complutense Madrid, Red PROMOSAM, Psychopathol, Valencia, Spain
Rodriguez-Bornaetxea, F:
Baraka Inst, San Sebastian, Spain
Garcia-Campayo, J:
Miguel Servet Hosp, Zaragoza, Spain
Univ Zaragoza, Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental, Inst Aragones Ciencias Salud, RedIAPP, Zaragoza, Spain
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