The Effect of Meditation and Psychotherapy in Changing the Personality Traits of the Adults

Autori:

Maria Nicoleta MOCANU

Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 105-116

How to cite this article:

Mocanu, M.N. (2025). The Effect of Meditation and Psychotherapy in Changing the Personality Traits of the Adults. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 88, 105-116, DOI: 10.33788/rcis.88.7

Abstract:

Meditation and mindfulness may mediate emotion regulation and this has an impact on the social behaviour of the adult. The sample was composed of 24 adults, 12 males and 12 females, aged between 22 and 44 years old, with an average age of 29 years old. The group of experiment (6 males and 6 females), participated in the group sessions between May 2023 – February 2024, whereas the control group (6 males and 6 females) did not participate in the group sessions. For all dimensions of the personality traits studied higher results were obtained in the retest for the experimental group, compared to the control group, which confirmed our hypothesis that meditation and integrative group sessions can improve personality traits of the adults. Combining meditation with psychotherapy can significantly change the adult's personality traits. This concludes that adult's neuroflexibility can be therapeutically trained, which is of great importance for patients with psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative disorders. Also, for individuals without psychopathology this points to the fact that personality traits are flexible no matter the age and as a result social behaviour and adaptability can be improved in adulthood.