The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias - Results
- Lovingkindness meditation practice did not significantly influence explicit attitudes toward Black or homeless people.
- Participants who practiced lovingkindness meditation showed significantly less implicit intergroup bias at the end of the study than before the intervention. Such results were not found in the lovingkindness discussion and waitlist groups.
- The effect of lovingkindness practice on implicit bias against Blacks and homeless people was not mediated by cognitive control.
- Reduced stress did not mediate the effect of the lovingkindness intervention on implicit attitudes toward Black people. However, it significantly mediated that on attitudes toward homeless people.
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The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias - Method
The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias - Results
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The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias - Conclusion
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