“Mind-Body Practices and Self-Enhancement: Direct Replications of Gebauer et al.’s (2018) Experiments 1 and 2” conducted in 2021. The article entitled “Direct Repetitions of (Direct Repetitions of) is quite interesting results revealed.

This study, in which researchers retested a study that has an important place in the literature, shows that yoga, which actually has a modest philosophy,on people’s egos It aims to reveal its effect in all its salience.

Let’s start by talking about the methodology of the study.

In the study where a total of two experiments were conducted, Experiment 1 97 people involving a sample of Canadian yoga students, Experiment 2 for 300 people It targeted Canadian university students.

After establishing the control and necessary experimental conditions in both experiments, before and after the experiment evaluations have been made.

Participants in experiment 1 control and experimental groups Left. Participants in the control group completed the questionnaires 2 hours before the yoga sessions, while those in the experimental group completed the questionnaires immediately after the sessions.

Also within the scope of Experiment 2 Similar to experiment 1 Questionnaires were completed before and after meditation.

The surveys administered to participants included concepts related to meditation egocentrism, belief in being above average, social narcissism, self-esteem and general well-being had been measured.

In both experiments, the majority of participants were female.

Let’s examine the demographics of the participants for both experiments.

In Experiment 1, participants 100% women It turns out that their average age is 37.2 years.

In Experiment 2, participants 84% are womenIt was found that 16% of them were male and their average age was 18.7 years.

According to the results, yoga made participants see themselves as better than other yoga students.

As a result of the analyzes conducted as part of Experiment 1, the researchers found that the participants self confidence and thinking that you are the most compassionate person in your social circle (common narcissism) An increase has been seen in features such as.

However, the self-aggrandizing effect of yoga practice was found to be significant in the participants’ interest in yoga. based on motivation and experience level It turned out that there was a change.

In other words, more motivated participants showed more self-reinforcing behavior after yoga practice.

In addition, participants They feel better from both a utilitarian and hedonic perspective. detected.

Researchers say meditation is utilitarian and hedonistic welfare He suggested that its effect on the individual could be partly explained by the self-aggrandizement of this practice.

Let us also examine the results of Experiment 2.

As part of the investigation, folks of motivation About being self-centered It was concluded that it had an effect.

Meditating helps yourself, even in situations that have nothing to do with meditation. better than average vision observed to have an effect.

Again comparable to experiment 1 positive impact on both utilitarian and hedonic well-being That turned out to be the case.

The benefits of meditation on well-being are through self-aggrandizement It has been found that this can be partly explained by the support it provides.

In summary, these two experiments show that, contrary to popular belief, mind-body exercises such as yoga can boost people’s egos.

This research shows that practices such as yoga and meditation self-confidence and self-aggrandizement shows that it is increasing.

Furthermore, the benefits of mind and body exercises are not limited to certain skills, a general increase in self-esteem and ego shows it offers

Finally, this research, like any scientific research, has its limits and that can only be so can be attributed to the population within the scope of one’s own sample. Let’s end our content by reminding you.

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