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Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Self-Esteem, Positive and Negative Affect, and Perceived Stress

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2011, v.16 no.4, pp.675-690
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2011.16.4.003


& (2011). Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Self-Esteem, Positive and Negative Affect, and Perceived Stress. The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 16(4), 675-690, https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2011.16.4.003

Abstract

This study examined the effects of loving-kindness meditation as an intervention for cultivating various positive affects for adult women. This study recruited urban women performing nonprofit activities and had them practice loving-kindness meditation for 8 weeks. The participants in this study were 29 women(15 in the experimental group and 14 in the control group). Measures were self-compassion, cognitive and affective mindfulness, self-esteem, positive and negative affect, and perceived stress, which were measured three times: before the study, at week 4, and at week 8. The major findings are as follows: self-compassion significantly increased for the experimental group after 8 weeks in comparison with the control group. Participants of the experimental group who had been practicing meditation over 3 times per week showed significantly increased self-compassion and mindfulness, and significantly decreased negative affect and perceived stress after 8 weeks. On the other hand, participants of the experimental group who had been practicing meditation under 3 times per week tended to show positive changes in many dependent variables, but they were not statistically significant. This study appears to verify the effects of loving-kindness meditation for increasing self-compassion. It was meaningful to show that loving-kindness meditation seems to increase mindfulness and other positive effects when practiced more than 3 times per week.

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자애명상, 자기자비, 마음챙김, 자아존중감, 정적 부적 정서, 지각된 스트레스, Loving-kindness Meditation, self-compassion, mindfulness, self-esteem, positive affect, negative affect, perceived stress

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