70630 20250113143110.0 doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01935 sideral 106010 ART-2016-106010 eng Montero-Marín, J. (orcid)0000-0001-5677-1662 Psychological Effects of a 1-Month Meditation Retreat on Experienced Meditators: The Role of Non-attachment 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background: There are few studies devoted to assessing the impact of meditation-intensive retreats on the well-being, positive psychology, and personality of experienced meditators. We aimed to assess whether a 1-month Vipassana retreat: (a) would increase mindfulness and well-being; (b) would increase prosocial personality traits; and (c) whether psychological changes would be mediated and/or moderated by non-attachment. Method: A controlled, non-randomized, pre-post-intervention trial was used. The intervention group was a convenience sample (n = 19) of experienced meditators who participated in a 1-month Vipassana meditation retreat. The control group (n = 19) comprised matched experienced meditators who did not take part in the retreat. During the retreat, the mean duration of daily practice was 8-9 h, the diet was vegetarian and silence was compulsory. The Experiences Questionnaire (EQ), Non-attachment Scale (NAS), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), Temperament Character Inventory Revised (TCI-R-67), Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Self-Other Four Immeasurables (SOFI) and the MINDSENS Composite Index were administered. ANCOVAs and linear regression models were used to assess pre-post changes and mediation/moderation effects. Results: Compared to controls, retreatants showed increases in non-attachment, observing, MINDSENS, positive-affect, balance-affect, and cooperativeness; and decreases in describing, negative-others, reward-dependence and self-directedness. Non-attachment had a mediating role in decentring, acting aware, non-reactivity, negative-affect, balance-affect and self-directedness; and a moderating role in describing and positive others, with both mediating and moderating effects on satisfaction with life. Conclusions: A 1-month Vipassana meditation retreat seems to yield improvements in mindfulness, well-being, and personality, even in experienced meditators. Non-attachment might facilitate psychological improvements of meditation, making it possible to overcome possible ceiling effects ascribed to non-intensive practices. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/RD12-0005 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PSI2012-35500 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.323 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 33 / 128 = 0.258 2016 Q2 T1 1.314 2016 Psychology (miscellaneous) 2016 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Puebla-Guedea, M. (orcid)0000-0002-8862-7240 Herrera-Mercadal, P. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2088-4272 Cebolla, A. Soler, J. Demarzo, M. Vázquez, C. Rodríguez-Bornaetxea, F. García-Campayo, J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3797-4218 4009 740 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicología Social 1007 745 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm. Area Psiquiatría 7 (2016), 1935 [10 pp] Front. psychol. Frontiers in Psychology 1664-1078 258705 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70630/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 11503 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70630/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:70630 articulos driver 2025-01-13-14:30:22 ARTICLE