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Mindfulness Reduces the Correspondence Bias

Hopthrow, Tim, Hooper, Nic, Mahmood, Lynsey, Meier, Brian P., Weger, Ulrich W. (2016) Mindfulness Reduces the Correspondence Bias. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69 (2). ISSN 1747-0218. E-ISSN 1747-0226. (doi:10.1080/17470218.2016.1149498) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:53872)

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Abstract

The Correspondence Bias (CB) refers to the idea that people sometimes give undue weight to dispositional rather than situational factors when explaining behaviors and attitudes. Three experiments examined whether mindfulness, a non-judgmental focus on the present moment, could reduce the CB. Participants engaged in a brief mindfulness exercise (the raisin task), a control task or an attention to detail task before completing a typical CB measure involving an attitude-attribution paradigm. The results indicated that participants in the mindfulness condition experienced a significant reduction in the CB compared to participants in the control or attention to detail conditions. These results suggest that mindfulness training can play a unique role in reducing social biases related to person perception.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1149498
Uncontrolled keywords: Correspondence Bias, Mindfulness, Fundamental Attribution Error
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Tim Hopthrow
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2016 14:15 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 10:41 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/53872 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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