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ArticleJournal of religion and health2016

The Relationship Between Focused Attention Meditation Practice Habits, Psychological Symptoms, and Quality of Life.

F Isil Bilican

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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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F Isil BilicanPsychology Department, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Unalan Mah. Unalan Sok. D-100, Karayolu Yanyol, Uskudar, 34700, Istanbul, Turkey. isil.bilican@medeniyet.edu.tr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between focused attention meditation practice habits, psychological symptoms, and quality of life. The participants were 30 adults from New York, NY, practicing Ananda Marga spirituality. They were administered the Symptom Check List-90-R and the Quality of Life Index. The findings pointed out while Ananda Marga meditation practice habits were not associated with improvements in psychological symptoms, longer years in meditation practice was associated with improvements in overall, social and psychological/spiritual quality of life. Longer periods of meditation practice per session were related to lower levels of overall quality of life and economic quality of life.

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AttentionHabitsSpiritualityAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansMaleMeditationMental DisordersMiddle AgedNew York CityPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesAnanda MargaFocused attention meditationPsychological symptomsQuality of lifeYears of practice

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