The Effect of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Anhedonic Depressivity, Interpersonal Relationships, and Emotions.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 240
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial was to examine the effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) on anhedonic depressivity, interpersonal relationships (other inclusive self-concept, willingness to sacrifice, interaction quality) and emotions (positive affect, negative affect).
The second aim was to conduct exploratory analyses investigating potential mediators that help explain changes in anhedonic depressivity over the course of short-term targeted LKM.
Participants were randomly assigned to receive one week of ~5-minute daily audio recordings of Loving-Kindness Meditation or a visualization meditation, both of which were focused on a same-gender close friend. Participants completed baseline and follow-up questionnaires measuring psychological, social, and emotional variables; participants also completed daily questionnaires.
详细描述
Undergraduate women were recruited via the Queen's University psychology department's subject pool (n = 222) and online advertisements (i.e., Facebook; n = 18) in 2021; written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to any data collection.
We randomly assigned participants-via Microsoft Excel random number generation-to engage in one-week of either a targeted form of Loving-Kindness Meditation or a visualization meditation. Participants identified a specific close friend at the beginning of the study to be the target of their meditation practice. They completed baseline and one-week follow-up measures.
Audio instructions for the LKM and visualization meditation conditions were developed for this study based on those used by Seppala et al. (2014). Recordings were delivered via email. Descriptions of the conditions can be found in the Arms and Interventions sections.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participants must be enrolled as an undergraduate student
- •Each Participant had to self-identify as a woman.
- •Participants had to be age 18 or older.
- •Participants had to have at least one close female platonic friend.
排除标准
- •Participants did not complete at least three of seven daily meditations.
研究者
Luis Flores
Dr.
Queen's University