| dc.contributor |
Schnitker, Sarah A. |
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| dc.creator |
Williams, Emily G., 1996- |
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| dc.date |
2022-01-28T14:50:50Z |
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| dc.date |
2022-01-28T14:50:50Z |
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| dc.date |
2021-12 |
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| dc.date |
2021-10-27 |
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| dc.date |
December 2021 |
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| dc.date |
2022-01-28T14:50:51Z |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-05-18T12:29:15Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-05-18T12:29:15Z |
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| dc.identifier |
https://hdl.handle.net/2104/11736 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/31747 |
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| dc.description |
Current virtue theories emphasize the role of self-transcendent morality in virtue development, but there is limited empirical work that explores this. A three-week meditation-based intervention (N = 877) experimentally manipulated self-transcending (vs. self-enhancing) motives in the development of patience, generosity, social responsibility, gratitude, and honesty. We hypothesized that participants in the transcendent condition would report higher post-intervention virtue, self-transcendent positive emotions, and values of universalism and benevolence, and these patterns were hypothesized to persist for virtue after controlling for baseline levels. We further predicted self-transcendent emotions and self-enhancement would mediate this relation. Results indicated post-intervention differences between the two meditation conditions and an inactive control, but not each other. The meditative conditions reported higher self-transcendence and self-enhancement, and self-transcendence and self-enhancement mediated the pathway between baseline and post-intervention virtue. These findings hold important implications for research on meditation, the role of self-transcendence in virtue development, and implementing virtue-building interventions. |
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application/pdf |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.rights |
No access – contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu |
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| dc.subject |
Motivation. Self-transcendence. Self-enhancement. Mantra meditation. Meditation experiment. Virtue. |
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| dc.title |
Transcendent moral motives and virtue : a meditation-based experiment exploring the roles of self-transcending and self-enhancing motives in virtue development. |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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text |
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