Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological Adjustment
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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| 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 (ΔR2 = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.25, p = 0.001), positive affect (ΔR2 = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.18, p = 0.014), depression (ΔR2 = 0.07, p = 0.004; β = -0.27, p < 0.001), negative affect (ΔR2 = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = -0.27, p < 0.001) and emotional overproduction (ΔR2 = 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 (ΔR2 = 0.06, p = 0.038; β = 0.16, p = 0.041). Lifetime practice of FA was related to happiness (ΔR2 = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = 0.21, p = 0.030) and OM to emotional overproduction (ΔR2 = 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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| spelling | doaj.art-39f085f571724be2a3f98c1b4feebf1e2022-12-22T01:50:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-03-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.00630425182Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological AdjustmentJesus Montero-Marin0Maria C. Perez-Yus1Maria C. Perez-Yus2Ausias Cebolla3Ausias Cebolla4Joaquim Soler5Joaquim Soler6Marcelo Demarzo7Javier Garcia-Campayo8Javier Garcia-Campayo9Javier Garcia-Campayo10Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Zaragoza, SpainPrimary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainDepartment of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainCIBERObn Ciber Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Madrid, SpainHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau–IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Barcelona, SpainMente Aberta – Brazilian Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion, Department of Preventive Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilPrimary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Zaragoza, SpainMiguel Servet Hospital and University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainAragon Institute for Health Research (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, SpainThere 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 (ΔR2 = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.25, p = 0.001), positive affect (ΔR2 = 0.09, p = 0.002; β = 0.18, p = 0.014), depression (ΔR2 = 0.07, p = 0.004; β = -0.27, p < 0.001), negative affect (ΔR2 = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = -0.27, p < 0.001) and emotional overproduction (ΔR2 = 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 (ΔR2 = 0.06, p = 0.038; β = 0.16, p = 0.041). Lifetime practice of FA was related to happiness (ΔR2 = 0.08, p = 0.007; β = 0.21, p = 0.030) and OM to emotional overproduction (ΔR2 = 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00630/fullreligious beliefsprayerfocused attentionopen monitoringcompassion meditationpsychological adjustment |
| spellingShingle | Jesus Montero-Marin Maria C. Perez-Yus Maria C. Perez-Yus Ausias Cebolla Ausias Cebolla Joaquim Soler Joaquim Soler Marcelo Demarzo Javier Garcia-Campayo Javier Garcia-Campayo Javier Garcia-Campayo Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological Adjustment Frontiers in Psychology religious beliefs prayer focused attention open monitoring compassion meditation psychological adjustment |
| title | Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological Adjustment |
| title_full | Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological Adjustment |
| title_fullStr | Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological Adjustment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological Adjustment |
| title_short | Religiosity and Meditation Practice: Exploring Their Explanatory Power on Psychological Adjustment |
| title_sort | religiosity and meditation practice exploring their explanatory power on psychological adjustment |
| topic | religious beliefs prayer focused attention open monitoring compassion meditation psychological adjustment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00630/full |
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