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The effect of meditation on the relation between implicit and explicit measures of self-esteem

Govorun, Olesya
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1152291548

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2006, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
A puzzling finding in the self-esteem literature is that implicit, or indirect, and explicit, or direct, measures of self-esteem are frequently unrelated to each other. This dissociation may stem from the fact that individuals fail to integrate the affect they experience in thinking about the self into an overt judgment. The present work investigated whether meditation, or the practice of sustaining attention in a non-judgmental manner, leads individuals to rely on their affect towards the self in making a self-evaluation. In a series of four studies it was shown that meditation enhanced correspondence between implicit and explicit measures of self-esteem in both field and experimental settings. Meditation did not influence the mean levels of implicitly and explicitly assessed self-esteem, suggesting that participants responded congruently with their automatic self-evaluation, regardless of its valence. The present work contributes to the understanding of how affect and cognitive deliberation influence responding on implicit and explicit measures of self-esteem.
Lisa Libby (Advisor)
88 p.
Psychology, Social
Implicit measures of self-esteem; explicit measures of self-esteem; meditation

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  • Govorun, O. (2006). The effect of meditation on the relation between implicit and explicit measures of self-esteem [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1152291548

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Govorun, Olesya. The effect of meditation on the relation between implicit and explicit measures of self-esteem. 2006. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1152291548.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Govorun, Olesya. "The effect of meditation on the relation between implicit and explicit measures of self-esteem." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1152291548

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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