Unified Consciousness and the Effect of Body Scan Meditation on Happiness: Alteration of Inner-Body Experience and Feeling of Harmony as Central Processes
Unified Consciousness and the Effect of Body Scan Meditation on Happiness: Alteration of Inner-Body Experience and Feeling of Harmony as Central Processes
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10.1007/s12671-019-01104-y
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发表时间：
2019-08-01
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3.6
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Martinon, Lea M.
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Dambrun, Michael;Berniard, Amandine;Martinon, Lea M.
目的本文的主要目的是调查身体扫描冥想（BSM）增加幸福感的过程。我们假设BMS将导致从叙事自我到最小自我的过渡，但更重要的是，从最小自我到一种更统一的意识状态的过渡，其特征是自我丧失和合一。（n=89; 79名女性和10名男性; M年龄=19.5）被随机分配到身体扫描，放松的精神简约风格的音乐，或积极控制条件。所有结构进行了评估，通过自我报告measures.ResultsAs预期的，在统一的意识和幸福的增加是更大的BSM条件比在其他两个条件，与统一的意识介导的效果BSM对幸福（B=0.10，CI：0.03，0.19）。和谐的感觉是统一意识对幸福感影响的重要中介变量（B=0.06，CI：0.01，0.13），而身体内部体验的改变是BSM对统一意识影响的重要中介变量（B=0.35，CI：0.12，0.62）。偏心和减少在冥想过程中的走神的增加并不能解释的效果BSM对幸福和unified consciousness.ConclusionsAltogether，结果支持的假设，即BSM改变了叙事和最小的自我，有利于过渡到一个国家的统一意识。
ObjectivesThe main aim of this paper was to investigate the processes by which body scan meditation (BSM) increases happiness. We hypothesized that BMS would lead to a transition from the narrative self to the minimal self, but also and more importantly to a transition from the minimal self to a state of more unified consciousness characterized by both self-loss and oneness.MethodsParticipants (n=89; 79 women and 10 men; M-age=19.5) were randomly assigned to either a body scan, a relaxing spiritual-minimalist style of music, or an active control condition. All constructs were assessed by means of self-report measures.ResultsAs expected, the increase in unified consciousness and happiness was greater in the BSM condition than in the two other conditions, with unified consciousness mediating the effect of BSM on happiness (b=0.10, CI: 0.03, 0.19). Feeling of being in harmony emerges as a significant mediator of the effect of unified consciousness on happiness (b=0.06, CI: 0.01, 0.13), while alteration in inner-body experience significantly mediates the effect of BSM on unified consciousness (b=0.35, CI: 0.12, 0.62). The increase in decentering and decrease in mind-wandering during the meditation does not explain the effect of BSM on happiness and unified consciousness.ConclusionsAltogether, the results support the hypothesis that BSM alters both the narrative and the minimal self and favors a transition toward a state of unified consciousness.