Pulling your self together: meditation promotes congruence between implicit and explicit self-esteem

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Self-reported or explicit self-esteem frequently conflicts with indirectly assessed, implicit self-esteem. The present research investigated whether meditation may reduce such inner conflicts by promoting congruence between implicit and explicit self-esteem. Relative to control conditions, meditation led to greater congruence between explicit self-esteem, assessed via self-report, and implicit self-esteem, indicated by name letter preference (Studies 1 and 2). Low implicit self-esteem was further associated with a slow-down of explicit self-evaluation (Study 2), an effect that mediated the greater congruence between implicit and explicit self-esteem in the meditation condition. These results suggest that meditation encourages people to rely more on intuitive feelings of self-worth.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 1220-1226
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(6)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Psychologie ; Sozialpsychologie ; Meditation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Koole, Sander L. ; Govorun, Olesya ; Cheng, Clara Michelle ; Gallucci, Marcello
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2009

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2009.05.018
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-309733
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST