Does Loving-Kindness Meditation Reduce Anxiety? Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Timothy Anderson, Andrew S. McClintock, David T. Weibel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Health (social science) Psychotherapist Mindfulness Social Psychology Loving-kindness media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 050105 experimental psychology law.invention Randomized controlled trial law Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Meditation Applied Psychology media_common 05 social sciences Mental health humanities Anxiety medicine.symptom Psychology Self-compassion Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Mindfulness. 8:565-571 |
| ISSN: | 1868-8535 1868-8527 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12671-016-0630-9 |
| Popis: | Although loving-kindness meditation (LKM) has shown some promise as a psychological intervention, little is known about the effectiveness of LKM for reducing one of the most prevalent mental health problems: anxiety. To build knowledge in this area, we conducted a randomized controlled trial, assigning non-clinical undergraduates to either a four-session, group-based LKM intervention (n = 38) or a waitlist control (n = 33). Self-reported anxiety, compassionate love, and self-compassion were assessed at pretreatment, posttreatment, and 8-week follow-up. Relative to control participants, participants in the LKM intervention reported higher compassionate love and self-compassion at posttreatment and higher self-kindness (a component of self-compassion) at follow-up. Anxiety ratings did not significantly differ between conditions at posttreatment or follow-up. Study limitations and directions for future research are discussed. |
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