Transcendent moral motives and virtue : a meditation-based experiment exploring the roles of self-transcending and self-enhancing motives in virtue development.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Schnitker, Sarah A. | |
| dc.creator | Williams, Emily G., 1996- | |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0003-4790-8748 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T14:50:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T14:50:50Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2021-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-10-27 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2021 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-01-28T14:50:51Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Current virtue theories emphasize the role of self-transcendent morality in virtue development, but there is limited empirical work that explores this. A three-week meditation-based intervention (N = 877) experimentally manipulated self-transcending (vs. self-enhancing) motives in the development of patience, generosity, social responsibility, gratitude, and honesty. We hypothesized that participants in the transcendent condition would report higher post-intervention virtue, self-transcendent positive emotions, and values of universalism and benevolence, and these patterns were hypothesized to persist for virtue after controlling for baseline levels. We further predicted self-transcendent emotions and self-enhancement would mediate this relation. Results indicated post-intervention differences between the two meditation conditions and an inactive control, but not each other. The meditative conditions reported higher self-transcendence and self-enhancement, and self-transcendence and self-enhancement mediated the pathway between baseline and post-intervention virtue. These findings hold important implications for research on meditation, the role of self-transcendence in virtue development, and implementing virtue-building interventions. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2104/11736 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | No access – contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu | |
| dc.subject | Motivation. Self-transcendence. Self-enhancement. Mantra meditation. Meditation experiment. Virtue. | |
| dc.title | Transcendent moral motives and virtue : a meditation-based experiment exploring the roles of self-transcending and self-enhancing motives in virtue development. | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| local.embargo.lift | 2023-12-01 | |
| local.embargo.terms | 2023-12-01 | |
| thesis.degree.department | Baylor University. Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience. | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Baylor University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. |
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