naa a22 4500 510729789 CHVBK 20180411082948.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12671-012-0115-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12671-012-0115-4 Promoting Altruism Through Meditation: An 8-Week Randomized Controlled Pilot Study [Elektronische Daten] [Erik Wallmark, Kousha Safarzadeh, Daiva Daukantaitė, Rachel Maddux] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a Buddhist meditation intervention on empathy, perceived stress, mindfulness, self-compassion, and of particular interest, the dispositional tendency to feel empathic concern rather than personal distress when perceiving another as in need, termed altruistic orientation. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 20) or a waiting list control group (n = 22). Results indicated a trend towards increases in altruistic orientation in the intervention group—an increase that significantly correlated with meditation time, decreases in perceived stress, and increases in self-compassion and mindfulness. Additionally, compared to the controls, significant increases in mindfulness and self-compassion and a significant decrease in perceived stress were obtained for the intervention group. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2012 Empathy nationallicence Altruism nationallicence Stress nationallicence Mindfulness nationallicence Self-compassion nationallicence Meditation nationallicence Wallmark Erik Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut Safarzadeh Kousha Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut Daukantaitė Daiva Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut Maddux Rachel Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/3(2013-09-01), 223-234 1868-8527 4:3<223 2013 4 12671 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0115-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0115-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wallmark Erik Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Safarzadeh Kousha Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Daukantaitė Daiva Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maddux Rachel Department of Psychology, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, 221 00, Lund, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/3(2013-09-01), 223-234 1868-8527 4:3<223 2013 4 12671 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer