Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: How are mindful individuals seen by others? The interpersonal signature (i.e. reputation) of mindfulness was measured across four social contexts of varying acquaintanceship (Study 1: Zero-acquaintanceship, Study 2: First impressions, Study 3: Well-known classmates, and Study 4: Well-known friends). Self-reports and peer-reports were measured for a set of outcomes including personality traits, socially desirable traits (e.g. attractive), and social outcomes (e.g. liking). It was predicted that mindful individuals would be seen in the same ways that they saw themselves, but that characteristics of the traits (observability and evaluativeness) and the social contexts (acquaintanceship and liking) would influence this pattern. There was some evidence that mindful individuals were seen by others as more extraverted, emotionally stable, open, attractive, and narcissistic, as well as less conscientious. However, the interpersonal signature of mindfulness varied across social contexts, and mindful individuals were not always seen in the same ways that they saw themselves.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Robert Redford
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2796057803