The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation and Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditation on Psychological Distress

Beijing Normal University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Waitlist Group

LKCM Group

MM Group

Treatments

Other: mindfulness meditation intervention and loving-kindness and compassion meditation intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06360497

202206090070

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to explore the effect of of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness and compassion meditation on psychological distress (i.e., anxiety, depression, stress), and explore the mechanism from the perspective of reinforcement sensitivity theory.

Full description

Participants were randomly assigned to three groups: mindfulness meditation group (MM, n = 51), loving-kindness and compassion meditation group (LKCM, n = 51), and waitlist group (n = 50). Participants in MM group and LKCM group received four weeks intervention, and data was collected before the intervention and after the intervention.

Enrollment

152 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 56 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(1) have not attended structured meditation intervention; (2) have not diagnosed psychiatric diseases; (3) not currently receiving or has never received psychological counseling; (4) not currently taking or has never taken psychotropic medication; (5) age is less than 18.

Exclusion criteria

(1) have attended structured meditation intervention; (2) have diagnosed psychiatric diseases; (3) receiving or have received psychological counseling; (4) taking or have taken psychotropic drugs; (5) age is more than 18.