Loving Kindness Meditation: An Intervention to Increase Positivity Following Interpersonal Transgressions

Kjerstin Halverson; Ellen Petersen

doi:10.21697/fp.2024.1.7

Opublikowane: 2024-07-10

Tom 14 Nr 1 (2024)

Loving Kindness Meditation: An Intervention to Increase Positivity Following Interpersonal Transgressions

Kjerstin Halverson , Ellen Petersen

Forum Pedagogiczne

Dział: Dział tematyczny

https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2024.1.7

Abstrakt

Objective- To determine if a single 15-minute guided LKM intervention can increase an individual’s feelings of forgiveness toward someone who has caused them harm.

Methods- Participants (N = 49; mean age = 18-21 years) were asked to recollect and describe an incident where another individual hurt them then randomized to either a control, secular LKM, or spiritual LKM. Baseline measurements included demographics, emotional forgiveness scale (EFS), attitudes related to spirituality (ARES), anxiety and depression (PHQ-4), positive and negative affect (PANAS), single stress item (SSI), self-critical rumination scale, gratitude (GQ-6), and Batson empathy scale. All measures, excluding demographics and ARES, were assessed post-intervention.

Results- No significant differences were identified between groups for all measures except positive affect as measured by PANAS and gratitude as measured by GQ-6. These results remained significant even when covarying for baseline spiritual beliefs.

Conclusions- Our single 15-minute intervention was successful in increasing gratitude for participants in the spiritual intervention group when compared to the control and borderline significance comparing the control and the secular intervention.

Słowa kluczowe:

forgiveness, meditation, gratitude, spirituality

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Halverson, K., & Ellen Petersen. (2024). Loving Kindness Meditation: An Intervention to Increase Positivity Following Interpersonal Transgressions. Forum Pedagogiczne, 14(1), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2024.1.7

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Kjerstin Halverson

halvkj01@luther.edu

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Ellen Petersen

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Luther College Stany Zjednoczone