Self-awareness training associated with personality traits and sex: a pilot study. Author: Visani G, Venturi P, Isidori A, Tronconi S. Affiliation: Espande "Institute for Self-Awareness", Faenza, Italy. ilou@libero.it Conference/Journal: Psychol Rep. Date published: 2010 Aug Other: Volume ID: 107 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 318-20 , Word Count: 34 107 volunteers learning Reiki-Do self-awareness techniques participated in this study. Results indicate that personality traits in healthy participants might be affected by specific self-awareness training, such as Reiki-Do, with participants' sex playing an independent role.