2023
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-023-02100-z
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Effects of Brief Mindfulness Meditation and Compassion Meditation on Parochial Empathy and Prosocial Behavior Toward Ethnic Out-Group Members

Abstract: Objectives Relative to the tendency to empathize with and help sociocultural in-group members, there are often social and psychological barriers to responding prosocially toward out-group members. This experiment examined the roles of mindfulness instruction and compassion instruction in fostering prosocial behavior toward an ethnic out-group (non-U.S. Arabs) relative to an ethnic in-group (U.S. residents). The study also examined whether contemplative practices would predict less parochial empath… Show more

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“…First, a 5-minute mindfulness induction enhanced both ToM and empathic concern among meditation-naive adults more than among control adults [24]. Second, an 11-minute MBI versus relaxation led to enhanced out-intervention altruism while adjusting for levels of in-intervention empathy in the US general population [25]. Despite that, to the best of our awareness, there is no evidence yet that these effects endured beyond these mindfulness inductions, emphasizing the need to assess the efficacy of brief mindfulness EMIs on longer-term outcomes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…First, a 5-minute mindfulness induction enhanced both ToM and empathic concern among meditation-naive adults more than among control adults [24]. Second, an 11-minute MBI versus relaxation led to enhanced out-intervention altruism while adjusting for levels of in-intervention empathy in the US general population [25]. Despite that, to the best of our awareness, there is no evidence yet that these effects endured beyond these mindfulness inductions, emphasizing the need to assess the efficacy of brief mindfulness EMIs on longer-term outcomes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%