Data from the paper: Mind-body practices and the self: Yoga and meditation do not quiet the ego, but instead boost self-enhancement
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| Title: | Data from the paper: Mind-body practices and the self: Yoga and meditation do not quiet the ego, but instead boost self-enhancement |
| Date: | 5 February 2018 |
| Creator: | Gebauer, Jochen |
| Divisions (Free): | Professorship for Cross-Cultural Social and Personality Psychology |
| DDC Classification: |
150 Psychology |
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| Keywords: | Self-Centrality, Self-Enhancement, Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness |
| Abstract: | Mind-body practices enjoy immense public and scientific interest. Yoga and meditation are highly popular. Purportedly, they foster well-being by “quieting the ego” or, more specifically, curtailing self-enhancement. However, this ego-quieting effect contradicts an apparent psychological universal, the self-centrality principle. According to this principle, practicing any skill renders it self-central, and self-centrality breeds self-enhancement. We examined those opposing predictions in the first tests of mind-body practices’ self-enhancement effects. Experiment 1 followed 93 yoga students over 15 weeks, assessing self-centrality and self-enhancement after yoga practice (yoga condition, n=246) and without practice (control condition, n=231). Experiment 2 followed 162 meditators over 4 weeks (meditation condition: n=246; control condition: n=245). Self-enhancement was higher in the yoga (Experiment 1) and meditation (Experiment 2) conditions, and those effects were mediated by greater self-centrality. Additionally, greater self-enhancement mediated mind-body practices’ well-being benefits. Evidently, neither yoga nor meditation quiet the ego; instead, they boost self-enhancement. |
| URL: | https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/266/ |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.7801/266 |
| Availability (Controlled): | Download |
| Availability: | accessible to everybody |
| DOI (External): |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618764621 |
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Project Title: Mind-body practices and the self: Yoga and meditation do not quiet the ego, but instead boost self-enhancement Project Description: Mind-body practices enjoy immense public and scientific interest. Yoga and meditation are highly popular. Purportedly, they foster well-being by “quieting the ego” or, more specifically, curtailing self-enhancement. However, this ego-quieting effect contradicts an apparent psychological universal, the self-centrality principle. According to this principle, practicing any skill renders it self-central, and self-centrality breeds self-enhancement. We examined those opposing predictions in the first tests of mind-body practices’ self-enhancement effects. Experiment 1 followed 93 yoga students over 15 weeks, assessing self-centrality and self-enhancement after yoga practice (yoga condition, n=246) and without practice (control condition, n=231). Experiment 2 followed 162 meditators over 4 weeks (meditation condition: n=246; control condition: n=245). Self-enhancement was higher in the yoga (Experiment 1) and meditation (Experiment 2) conditions, and those effects were mediated by greater self-centrality. Additionally, greater self-enhancement mediated mind-body practices’ well-being benefits. Evidently, neither yoga nor meditation quiet the ego; instead, they boost self-enhancement. |
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Csv/Excel (experiment 1 data)
Filename: yoga.csv Unit Type: Event/Process Unit Count: 477 Variable Count: 23 
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Csv/Excel (experiment 2 data)
Filename: meditation.csv Unit Type: Event/Process Unit Count: 491 Variable Count: 83
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| Depositing User: | Jochen Gebauer |
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| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2018 12:40 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2019 16:44 |
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