Meditation Moderates the Relationship between Insecure Attachment and Loneliness: A Study of Long-Term Care Residents in Thailand.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) April 11, 2024 Khin Moe Myint, Justin DeMaranville, Tinakon Wongpakaran et al. 6 citations
Among 236 residents of long-term care homes in Thailand (mean age 73.5 years, 57.6% female), 58.4% engaged in meditation from often to daily. Meditation moderated the relationship between insecure attachment and loneliness. For attachment anxiety, the interaction with meditation was significant, indicating that meditation's effect on loneliness depends on attachment style. The direction of effects varied by attachment dimension, suggesting meditation may help some residents more than others depending on their attachment patterns.