2015/01/29 by Cristiano Crescentini, Viviana Capurso · 2 citations
Psychology · #Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions #Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Psychology #Personality #Meditation #Mindfulness #Temperament #Set (abstract data type) #Personality Assessment Inventory #Big Five personality traits #Cognitive psychology #Clinical psychology #Social psychology #Psychotherapist
paper · pdf · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00044
openalex publication_date 2015/01/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The scientific interest on mindfulness meditation (MM) has significantly increased in the last two decades probably because of the positive health effects that this practice exerts in a great variety of clinical and non-clinical conditions. Despite attention regulation, emotional regulation, and body awareness have been argued to be critical mechanisms through which MM improves well-being, much less is known on the effects of this practice on personality. Here we review the current state of knowledge about the role of MM in promoting changes in practitioners' personality profiles and self-concepts. We first focus on studies that investigated the relations between mindfulness and personality using well-known self-report inventories such as the Five-Factor model of personality traits and the Temperament and Character Inventory. Second, based on the intrinsic limitations of these explicit personality measures, we review a key set of results showing effects of MM on implicit, as well as explicit, self-representations. Although the research on MM and personality is still in its infancy, it appears that this form of meditative practice may notably shape individuals' personality and self-concept toward more healthy profiles.