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Effects of meditation on personality and values
Author(s) -
de Grâce Gaston
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197610)32:4<809::aid-jclp2270320416>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - meditation , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , personality assessment inventory , psychotherapist , social psychology , theology , philosophy
The purpose of this research was to verify the effect of Zen meditation on personality and values. Two groups of S s were formed, an experimental group of 9 S s and a control group of 14 Ss. The California Psychological Inventory and the Study of Values were administered to both groups at the beginning and at the end of the experiment. The EG practised Zen meditation for the 5 months between the two testing sessions. While both groups were equivalent at pretest time, significant differences on the Do and Cs scales of the CPI were found at the posttest.