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ArticleMindfulness2017

Positive Emotion Correlates of Meditation Practice: A Comparison of Mindfulness Meditation and Loving-kindness Meditation.

Barbara L Fredrickson, Aaron J Boulton, Ann M Firestine, Patty Van Cappellen, Sara B Algoe, Mary M Brantley, Sumi Loundon Kim, Jeffrey Brantley, Sharon Salzberg

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Article in Mindfulness, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. The Impact of Morning Meditation and Sleep Quality on Affective and Health Outcomes in Healthcare Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  20. A reasoned action approach to meditation behavior among cadets at the United States Military Academy.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Barbara L FredricksonDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Aaron J BoultonDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Ann M FirestineDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Patty Van CappellenDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sara B AlgoeDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mary M BrantleyDuke Integrative Medicine, Duke University.
Sumi Loundon KimOffice of Religious Life, Duke University.
Jeffrey BrantleyDuke Integrative Medicine and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University.
Sharon SalzbergBarre, Massachusetts.

Funding

UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CLINICAL NUTRITION RESEARCH UNITP30DK056350 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Ian Michael Carroll · 1999 to 2026
$31.6M
Affective and Genomic Mediators of Sustained Behavior ChangeR01NR012899 · NINR · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FREDRICKSON, BARBARA LEE · 2010 to 2014
$2.7M
Promoting Cancer-related Behavior Change through Positive Emotions (PQ4)R01CA170128 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FREDRICKSON, BARBARA LEE · 2012 to 2015
$2.0M
Nonconscious Affective and Physiological Mediators of Behavioral Decision MakingR01AT007884 · NCCIH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FREDRICKSON, BARBARA LEE · 2013 to 2015
$1.3M
An Affective Intervention to Reverse the Biological Residue of Low Childhood SESR01AG048811 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FREDRICKSON, BARBARA LEE · 2014 to 2015
$289k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT007884NCI NIH HHS R01 CA170128NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048811NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056350NINR NIH HHS R01 NR012899
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to uncover the day-to-day emotional profiles and dose-response relations, both within-persons and between-persons, associated with initiating one of two meditation practices, either mindfulness meditation or loving-kindness meditation. Data were pooled across two studies of midlife adults (

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affectcontemplative sciencemental healthmidlifepositive psychology

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PMID29201247
PMCPMC5704778

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