Loosening the Emotions that Bind - Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making

Sanders, Chanda

Loosening the Emotions that Bind - Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making

dc.contributor.advisor	Buckley, Michael
dc.contributor.author	Sanders, Chanda
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Connelly, Shane
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Terry, Robert
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-06T16:00:07Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-06T16:00:07Z
dc.date.issued	2018-07-24
dc.date.manuscript	2018-07-24
dc.description.abstract	Research has shown that negative emotions can influence the decision-making process and contribute to unethical behavior. It was hypothesized that mindfulness would decrease negative emotions and reduce their impact in the decision-making process compared to cognitive reappraisal, thereby resulting in less cheating on an anagram task. Participants were asked to complete ten days of emotion regulation techniques in mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal, or were given no training prior to data collection where the emotions of frustration, anger, or no emotion were elicited before engaging in the trained emotion regulation exercise. Participants completed an anagram task and self-scored and reported results via an online survey system. Results were tested with the Carbonless Anagram Method (CAM), where we found no significant difference between groups. Reasons for lack of findings and future directions are discussed.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/301373
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Mindfulness	en_US
dc.subject	Ethical Decision Making	en_US
dc.subject	Emotions	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Loosening the Emotions that Bind - Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making	en_US
ou.group	College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Psychology	en_US
shareok.orcid	0000-0003-0433-3710	en_US