Can wisdom be fostered: Time to test the model of wisdom

Sharma, A.; Dewangan, Roshan Lal

doi:10.1080/23311908.2017.1381456

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“…Ardelt ( 2003 ) considers this form of reappraisal as a gateway to increased self-awareness and self-insight. In fact, one study by Sharma and Dewangan ( 2017 ) found engagement in an 18-week mindfulness and journaling-based intervention promotes increased levels of wisdom through the process of reappraisal. Therefore, individuals who engage with Serene can benefit from increased self-compassion levels that allow them to deal with stressors more effectively through adaptive emotional regulation and wise reasoning.…”

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A Self-Compassion and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Mobile Intervention (Serene) for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Promoting Adaptive Emotional Regulation and Wisdom

Al-Refae

Munroe

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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Introduction: Many individuals and families are currently experiencing a high level of COVID-19-related stress and are struggling to find helpful coping mechanisms. Mindfulness-based interventions are becoming an increasingly popular treatment for individuals experiencing depression and chronic levels of stress. The app (Serene) draws from scholarly evidence on the efficacy of mindfulness meditations and builds on the pre-existing apps by incorporating techniques that are used in some therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to a 4-week mindfulness and self-compassion-based cognitive smartphone intervention (Serene) or a wait-list control group. They were instructed to engage in self-compassion and mindfulness practices and a cognitive restructuring task. They also completed measures that evaluated their levels of depression, stress, anxiety, self-compassion, wisdom, psychological well-being, and subjective well-being. The intervention group was also instructed to track their weekly engagement with the app. Standardized effect sizes for between-group differences were calculated using Cohen's d for complete case analyses.Results: Complete case analyses from baseline to the end of this randomized controlled trial demonstrated significant moderate between-group differences for depressive symptoms (d = −0.43) and decisiveness (d = 0.34). Moderate between-group differences were also found for self-compassion (d = 0.6) such that significant improvements in self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness and decreases in self-judgement, isolation, and overidentification were observed. A small between-group difference was found for emotional regulation (d = 0.28). Moreover, a significant moderate within-group decrease in stress (d = −0.52) and anxiety symptoms (d = −0.47) was also observed in the intervention group.Conclusions: Serene is an effective intervention that promotes increased levels of self-compassion and emotional regulation. Engaging with Serene may help reduce depressive symptoms through mindfulness, self-compassion, and cognitive restructuring which help reduce overidentification with one's negative emotions. As individuals rebalance their thinking through cognitive restructuring, they can identify the varying stressors in their life, develop action plans and engage in adaptive coping strategies to address them. Serene may promote greater self-understanding which may provide one with a more balanced perspective on their current upsetting situations to positively transform their challenges during the pandemic.

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A Self-Compassion and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Mobile Intervention (Serene) for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Promoting Adaptive Emotional Regulation and Wisdom

Al-Refae

Munroe

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…Wisdom is difficult to teach, but through immersion in mindfulness, students began to manifest wisdom (Bassett, 2005; Sharma & Dewangan, 2017). When immersed in the practices, students were learning from unpleasant events (Crane et al, 2017) and fostering resilience (Zubair et al, 2018), and in moments of crisis, they were drawing on the Buddhist wisdom of the impermanence of situations (Dreyfus, 2011; Tobin, 2018).…”

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Mindfulness in a Moroccan University: Exploring Students’ Transformational Journey Through an Academic Course in Mindfulness

Kumar

2021

Journal of Transformative Education

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This study examines how students experienced and made meaning of a novel academic course in mindfulness, offered to foster holistic learning through self-knowledge. For this interpretive phenomenological analysis, data were collected through critical reflective journals and semistructured interviews. The findings suggest that the course allowed students to develop deeper self-awareness, greater well-being, compassion, and wisdom and to experience profound transformation. The study suggests that gaining metacognitive awareness into causes of suffering led students to engage in change. Also, as students engaged in mindfulness practices, they drew connections with their religious and spiritual practices, deepening our understanding of cultural–spiritual perspectives on transformative learning. This course and study examined the idea that if we build mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy into the core curriculum of higher education, we can provide opportunities for transformative and lifelong learning.

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“…Following this definition in previous works by Dewangan (2017 &2018), they have understood that people relate specific values and characteristics with wisdom, and openness to experience does closely relate to the development of wisdom. The researcher agrees with the values of insights learned from life experiences, especially by negative ones (Westrate & Gluck, 2017).…”

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What Doesn’t Break You Makes You Wiser: An Experimental Validation of Personal Wisdom Development Through Regret Handling and Personality Dispositions

2021

JHETP

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Personal growth occurs with life experiences and, most importantly, reflecting on negative life experiences. This article argues that personal wisdom development involves pain and suffering yet feels more satisfying in retrospect. The present study attempts to explore, 1) if people with different personality dispositions differ in the choices and handling regret in the face of failure 2) if people with higher action orientation chose a risky option and how they handle it, and finally 3) does personality disposition predict regret handling. The results suggested that openness and action orientation significantly influence choice-making. Individuals high on openness and action orientation explore more alternatives, choose risky options, and report less regret if faced with failure. The mediator analysis suggested that individuals with initiative tendencies and openness regret less than their counterparts. However, individuals with high initiatives and openness to experience regret more than people with only one of them.

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Can wisdom be fostered: Time to test the model of wisdom

Cited by 23 publications

References 68 publications

A Self-Compassion and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Mobile Intervention (Serene) for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Promoting Adaptive Emotional Regulation and Wisdom

A Self-Compassion and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Mobile Intervention (Serene) for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Promoting Adaptive Emotional Regulation and Wisdom

Mindfulness in a Moroccan University: Exploring Students’ Transformational Journey Through an Academic Course in Mindfulness

What Doesn’t Break You Makes You Wiser: An Experimental Validation of Personal Wisdom Development Through Regret Handling and Personality Dispositions

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