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Influencing Body Dissatisfaction via Physical Manipulation versus Mindfulness of Positive Thoughts

Harrison, Joshua
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1466520793

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2016, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Previous research on embodied cognition suggested that physically disposing as opposed to physically retaining written thoughts results in using those thoughts less when forming attitudes. Accordingly, creating distance between oneself and one’s positive thoughts can increase negative attitude evaluations. The focus of this study was to examine whether being mindful of positive thoughts would have similar unintended negative consequences regarding body dissatisfaction. Participants were 198 undergraduate students assigned to one of four conditions: mindfulness, thought disposal, thought protection, or control. After a brief intervention of mindfulness, physically disposing, physically retaining, or spell checking written thoughts, participants completed self-rating measures of body dissatisfaction. Results indicated no effect of intervention condition on measures of body dissatisfaction. Although the results showed that a brief mindfulness induction and physically manipulating positive thoughts did not influence body dissatisfaction ratings, future research may investigate the malleability of specific attitudes. Perhaps attitudes that are yet to be formed on novel topics are more malleable than attitudes that were previously formed on familiar topics.
Cynthia Dulaney, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Christine Dacey, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Nicholas Salsman, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
40 p.
Psychology
mindfulness; embodied cognition; body dissatisfaction

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  • Harrison, J. (2016). Influencing Body Dissatisfaction via Physical Manipulation versus Mindfulness of Positive Thoughts [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1466520793

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Harrison, Joshua. Influencing Body Dissatisfaction via Physical Manipulation versus Mindfulness of Positive Thoughts. 2016. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1466520793.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Harrison, Joshua. "Influencing Body Dissatisfaction via Physical Manipulation versus Mindfulness of Positive Thoughts." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1466520793

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