Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness /
Hutcherson, Cendri A.
Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness / Cendri A. Hutcherson, Emma Seppala. - Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2008. - 6 p. : tables ; - October 2008
The need for social connection is a fundamental human motive, and it is increasingly clear that feeling socially connected confers mental and physical health benefits. However, in many cultures, societal changes are leading to growing social distrust and alienation. Can feelings of social connection and positivity toward others be increased? Is it possible to self-generate these feelings? In this study, the authors used a brief loving-kindness meditation exercise to examine whether social connection could be created toward strangers in a controlled laboratory context. Compared with a closely matched control task, even just a few minutes of loving-kindness meditation increased feelings of social connection and positivity toward novel individuals on both explicit and implicit levels. These results suggest that this easily implemented technique may help to increase positive social emotions and decrease social isolation.
2003018319
Meditation.
Compassion.
Meditation.
Compassion.
Prosocial emotion.
Emotion regulation.
Implicit affect.
--Physical Education, Bachelor of
Movement Competency Training--PE 101
BQ 5612 / H88 2008
294.3/4435
Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness / Cendri A. Hutcherson, Emma Seppala. - Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2008. - 6 p. : tables ; - October 2008
The need for social connection is a fundamental human motive, and it is increasingly clear that feeling socially connected confers mental and physical health benefits. However, in many cultures, societal changes are leading to growing social distrust and alienation. Can feelings of social connection and positivity toward others be increased? Is it possible to self-generate these feelings? In this study, the authors used a brief loving-kindness meditation exercise to examine whether social connection could be created toward strangers in a controlled laboratory context. Compared with a closely matched control task, even just a few minutes of loving-kindness meditation increased feelings of social connection and positivity toward novel individuals on both explicit and implicit levels. These results suggest that this easily implemented technique may help to increase positive social emotions and decrease social isolation.
2003018319
Meditation.
Compassion.
Meditation.
Compassion.
Prosocial emotion.
Emotion regulation.
Implicit affect.
--Physical Education, Bachelor of
Movement Competency Training--PE 101
BQ 5612 / H88 2008
294.3/4435