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2021-08Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
Mindfulness meditation has been found to influence various important outcomes such as
health, stress, depression, productivity, and altruism. We report evidence from a randomised controlled trial on a previously untested effect of mindfulness: information avoidance. We
find that a relatively short mindfulness treatment (two weeks, 15 minutes a day) is able to
induce a statistically significant reduction in information avoidance – that is, avoiding in formation that may cause worry or regret. Supplementary evidence supports mindfulness’s
effects on emotion regulation as a possible mechanism for the effect. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000504035Publication status
publishedJournal / series
Center for Law & Economics Working Paper SeriesVolume
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Center for Law & Economics, ETH ZurichSubject
Mindfulness; Information avoidance; Randomized controlled trialOrganisational unit
09627 - Ash, Elliott / Ash, Elliott
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