Brief Meditation and the Interaction between Emotional Interference and Anxiety
ABSTRACT This pilot study assessed the effects of a five day focused meditation training on the interplay between emotional interference and anxiety in a non clinical sample randomized into two groups (experimental=13; control=18). Emotional interference was indexed comparing the reaction times in an attention span task with negative or neutral distracting images. Anxiety experienced during the task was also assessed through self-report. Only in the control group higher anxiety levels interacted with greater emotional interference and a worse evaluation of valence and arousal of emotional images. These preliminary findings suggest that meditation may help modulating anxiety effects on bias to negative stimuli, and that even a short training may facilitate self-regulatory processes.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília
2016
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-37722016000200214 |
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