Open hearts build lives
Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara L Fredrickson (0000-0002-3890-2646, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Michael Cohn (0000-0002-4847-1464, University of Michigan), Michael A Cohn, Kimberly A Coffey (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Jolynn Pek (0000-0002-9694-4967, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sandra M Finkel (University of Michigan) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1045-1062 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0013262 |
| PMID | 18954193 |
| PMCID | PMC3156028 |
| OpenAlex | W2125750403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 394 |
| References cited | 51 |
B. L. Fredrickson's (1998, 2001) broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions asserts that people's daily experiences of positive emotions compound over time to build a variety of consequential personal resources. The authors tested this build hypothesis in a field experiment with working adults (n = 139), half of whom were randomly-assigned to begin a practice of loving-kindness meditation. Results showed that this meditation practice produced increases over time in daily experiences of positive emotions, which, in turn, produced increases in a wide range of personal resources (e.g., increased mindfulness, purpose in life, social support, decreased illness symptoms). In turn, these increments in personal resources predicted increased life satisfaction and reduced depressive symptoms. Discussion centers on how positive emotions are the mechanism of change for the type of mind-training practice studied here and how loving-kindness meditation is an intervention strategy that produces positive emotions in a way that outpaces the hedonic treadmill effect
Kindness · Meditation · Mindfulness · Psychotherapist · Theology · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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