BANDURA

GROUP

Josie Ramseyer, Brett Pino,

Chandler Andrews
Bandura Emphasis What it means:

■ Albert Bandura High Self-Efficacy

– Self efficacy
• Approach behavior
■ Belief in ability to achieve • Seek challenges
• Persevere with tasks

Bandura suggests, “that self-efficacy can be

changed…” Low Self-Efficacy

• Avoidance Behavior
• Give-up easily
• Become anxious with tasks

https://www.slideshare.net/gerdnaydock/how-bandura-would-increase-self-efficacy
 QUESTION

DOES MEDITATION HELP THE

REGULATION OF EMOTIONS?
 HYPOTHESIS
PEOPLE THAT MEDIATE HAVE
BETTER SELF-EFFICACY,
INCREASING EMOTIONAL
REGULATION.
Research Design & Data Analysis
8

Emotional Regulation Survey 7.8

7.8

Average Emotional Regulation

7.6
Sample Size 17
7.4

Number of Meditators 5 7.2

7.09

Number of Non- Meditators 12

6.8

Scores were averaged 6.6

Meditators Non-Meditators

Scale: 1-10 Meditation Status

 CONCULSION
OUR DATA SUGGESTS
A SMALL MARGIN
 RELATIONS TO MEDITATION
Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role
of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion:

“The possible pathway between meditation and telomere

length seems to be that (Schutte and Malouff 2014)
mindfulness leads to individuals experiencing less stress,
Telomeres anxiety, and depression, which are all thought to be
• protective protein complexes associated with cortisol level, and this association seems
• Reduce damage to DNA to be associated with telomerase activity”
• Lower Cell Death
“Evidence regarding its efficacy has been increasing
LESS Stress & MORE of the enzyme telomerase. exponentially, and recent research suggests that the
practice of meditation is associated with longer telomere
length”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw71zanwMnY https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859856/