Mindfulness Can Make You More Selfish
Mindfulness can relieve stress and anxiety, but new research finds it can also amp up selfishness in some people. Here s how and how to fight that effect.
New research shows the surprising downsides of mindfulness and offers easy ways to minimize those consequences.
Downloads of mindfulness apps generate billions of dollars annually in the US, and their popularity continues to rise. In addition to what individual practitioners might have on their phones, schools and prisons, along with 1 in 5 employers, currently offer some form of mindfulness training.
Mindfulness and meditation are associated with reducing stress and anxiety, while increasing emotional well-being. Plenty of scholarship supports these benefits. But how does mindfulness affect the range of human behaviors so-called prosocial behaviors that can potentially help or benefit other people? What happens when the research looks outwardly at social effects rather than inward
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - New research using a nationally representative sample of more than 12,000 participants shows the collateral consequences victims are likely to confront following unfair treatment by police.
Michael Brown, George Floyd and Tamir Rice are just some of those who have died recently at the hands of police.
Their names are now tragically familiar, but thousands of other people who are unjustly stopped, searched or questioned by law enforcement will likely experience a range of detrimental outcomes associated with unfair police treatment, including depression, suicidal thoughts, drug use, and a loss of self-efficacy, according to Christopher Dennison, PhD, assistant professor of sociology in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.
Study: With unfair police treatment, the tragedy is not limited to the incident itself buffalo.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from buffalo.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.