The interventional effects of loving-kindness meditation on positive emotions and interpersonal interactions
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment May 1, 2015 Wendian Shi, Xiaoli He, Xiangxiang Han et al. 22 citations
A four-week loving-kindness meditation program, practiced three times a week for about 30 minutes each session, improved positive emotions, interpersonal interactions, and complex understanding of others among college freshmen. The meditation group showed strong effects, with effect sizes above 0.8 for both interpersonal interaction and complex understanding of others, compared to a control group that received no meditation training. The findings suggest that loving-kindness meditation can effectively enhance social and emotional functioning in college students.