Doing and Being: Mindfulness,Health, and Quiet Ego Characteristics Among Buddhist Practitioners |
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Authors: | Heidi?A.?Wayment author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:Heidi.Wayment@NAU.edu" title=" Heidi.Wayment@NAU.edu" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author,Bill?Wiist,Bruce?M.?Sullivan,Meghan?A.?Warren |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Box 15106, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA;(2) College of Health & Human Services, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA;(3) Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA;(4) Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA |
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Abstract: | We examined the relationship between meditation experience, psychological mindfulness, quiet ego characteristics, and self-reported physical health in a diverse sample of adults with a range of Buddhist experience (N = 117) gathered from a web-based survey administered to Buddhist practitioners around the world between August 1, 2007 and January 31, 2008. Practicing meditation on a regular basis and greater experience with Buddhism was related to higher psychological mindfulness scores. Psychological mindfulness was correlated with a latent variable called “quiet ego characteristics” that reflected measures based on Bauer and Wayment’s (Transcending self-interest: psychological explorations of the quiet ego. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, pp 7–19, 2008) conceptual and multidimensional definition of a “quiet ego”: wisdom, altruism, sense of interdependence with all living things, need for structure (reversed), anger/verbal aggression (reversed), and negative affectivity (reversed). In turn, quiet ego characteristics were positively related to self-reported health. Our findings provide continuing support for the key role psychological mindfulness may play in psychological and physical well-being. |
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