Keywords
Meditación, mindfulness, comportamiento sostenible, Meditation, mindfulness, sustainable behaviour
May you be happy and well. Meditation and pro-environmental choice.
Abstract
Teniendo en cuenta la evidencia pasada, este documento defiende que la meditación de bondad amorosa (loving kindness) puede ser una intervención poderosa para impulsar elecciones sostenibles. Este tipo de meditación mejora la trascendencia del yo y la conexión social, que han demostrado ser un antecedente clave de los hábitos sostenibles. En un entorno experimental, este documento evalúa si la meditación de bondad amorosa es más efectiva que la meditación consciente (mindfulness) en la conducción de una elección sostenible. El artículo encuentra la confirmación de esta hipótesis solo entre meditadores ingenuos. Sin embargo, los meditadores experimentados eligen el producto proambiental en mayor medida que los meditadores ingenuos, independientemente del tipo de meditación. Este es el primer artículo que realiza un estudio experimental para evaluar la efectividad de la meditación en la elección proambiental. Los hallazgos guían el diseño de intervenciones basadas en la meditación que tienen más probabilidades de conducir a elecciones sostenibles.
Taking into account past evidence, this paper defends that loving-kindness meditation may be a powerful intervention to drive sustainable choices. This type of meditation enhances ego-transcendence and social connectedness which have been proven key antecedent of sustainable habits. In an experimental setting, this paper tests whether loving kindness meditation is more effective than mindfulness meditation in driving a sustainable choice. The paper finds confirmation for this hypothesis only among naive meditators. However, experienced meditators choose the pro-environmental product to a greater extent than naive meditators, regardless of the type of meditation. This is the first paper to conduct an experimental study to assess the effectiveness of meditation on pro-environmental choice. The findings guide the design of meditation-based interventions that are more likely to lead to sustainable choices.
Taking into account past evidence, this paper defends that loving-kindness meditation may be a powerful intervention to drive sustainable choices. This type of meditation enhances ego-transcendence and social connectedness which have been proven key antecedent of sustainable habits. In an experimental setting, this paper tests whether loving kindness meditation is more effective than mindfulness meditation in driving a sustainable choice. The paper finds confirmation for this hypothesis only among naive meditators. However, experienced meditators choose the pro-environmental product to a greater extent than naive meditators, regardless of the type of meditation. This is the first paper to conduct an experimental study to assess the effectiveness of meditation on pro-environmental choice. The findings guide the design of meditation-based interventions that are more likely to lead to sustainable choices.
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