Mindfulness meditation counteracts self-control depletion

Friese, Malte; Messner, Claude; Schaffner, Yves

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2012.01.008

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“…As known, meditation had good effectiveness in improving people self-control. 32,33,34 Self-control itself in Figure 1. Graphics of changes in scores at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up experiment group Figure 2.…”

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Effectiveness of Asmaul Husna Dhikr Therapy to Enhance The Self Control of Alcohol Abuser

Nashori¹,

Nafisa²,

Rumiani³

2017

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Effectiveness of Asmaul Husna Dhikr Therapy to Enhance The Self Control of Alcohol Abuser

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“…This research revealed that individuals can overcome typical depletion effects by an increased motivation to perform well (Muraven & Slessareva, 2003), positive mood (Tice, Baumeister, Shmueli, & Muraven, 2007), a temporary increase in selfawareness (Alberts, Martijn, & de Vries, 2011), mindfulness meditation (Friese, Messner, & Schaffner, 2012), or an abstract information processing mode (high construal level; Agrawal & Wan, 2009;Schmeichel & Vohs, 2009).…”

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Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion

Friese

Schweizer

Arnoux

et al. 2014

Consciousness and Cognition

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a b s t r a c tPraying over longer time spans can foster self-control. Less is known about the immediate, short-term consequences of praying. Here we investigated the possibility that praying may counteract self-control depletion. Participants suppressed or did not suppress thoughts about a white bear before engaging in a brief period of either personal prayer or free thought. Then, all participants completed a Stroop task. As expected, thought suppression led to poorer Stroop performance in the free thought, but not in the prayer condition. This effect emerged on a dependent variable devoid of any religious or moral associations (Stroop task). Possible mediating mechanisms and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…Among those factors are the consumption of glucose , an increased motivation to perform well (Muraven & Slessareva, 2003), a brief period of mindfulness meditation (Friese, Messner, & Schaffner, 2012), and a high construal level (Agrawal & Wan, 2009;Schmeichel & Vohs, 2009). Particularly relevant for present purposes, in a recent study reminders of religious concepts such as God or devine that were presented outside of participants' conscious awareness offset depletion effects (Rounding, Lee, Jacobson, & Ji, 2012).…”

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Personal prayer buffers self-control depletion

Friese

Wänke

2014

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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• Several factors can counteract self-control depletion • Less is known about factors that can prevent depletion effects • We tested the assumption that personal prayer would buffer depletion effects • Participants in the control group showed the regular depletion effect • Participants who had prayed at the beginning of the study did not a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o The strength model of self-control has inspired large amounts of research and contributed to a deeper understanding of the temporal dynamics underlying self-control. Several studies have identified factors that can counteract self-control depletion, but relatively little is known about factors that can prevent depletion effects. Here we tested the hypothesis that a brief period of personal prayer would buffer self-control depletion effects. Participants either briefly prayed or thought freely before engaging (or not engaging) in an emotion suppression task. All participants completed a Stroop task subsequently. Individuals who had thought freely before suppressing emotions showed impaired Stroop performance compared to those who had not suppressed emotions. This effect did not occur in individuals who had prayed at the beginning of the study. These results are consistent with and contribute to a growing body of work attesting to the beneficial effects of praying on self-control.

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Mindfulness meditation counteracts self-control depletion

Cited by 235 publications

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Effectiveness of Asmaul Husna Dhikr Therapy to Enhance The Self Control of Alcohol Abuser

Effectiveness of Asmaul Husna Dhikr Therapy to Enhance The Self Control of Alcohol Abuser

Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion

Personal prayer buffers self-control depletion

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