The effects of short video app-guided loving-kindness meditation on college students' mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation
Liu C, Chen H, Zhang A, Gong X, Wu K, Liu CY, Chiou WK
Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 23 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Grants
- Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (109-2221-E-182-033-MY3)
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Publication
- Published
- 2023-10-30 · Psicol Reflex Crit · vol. 36 · issue 1 · p. 32
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Cited
- 34 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 8.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 76 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Keywords
- loving-kindness meditation, mental health apps, university students, suicidal ideation, self-compassion, mindfulness, psychological capital, digital mental health interventions
7 authors
From CN, TW
- Chao LiuHuaqiao University; Chang Gung University; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Hao ChenChang Gung University; Xiamen University of Technology
- Ayuan ZhangBeijing Union University
- Xiao‐Gang Gong
- Kan WuChang Gung University
- Chia-Yih LiuHuaqiao University; Chang Gung University; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Abstract
Objective
The study investigated the effects of a short video app guided loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on college students' mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation. The purpose of the study is to investigate the intervention effect of LKM training on suicidal ideation among college students with the help of the short video application and to provide an empirical basis for the exploration of early suicide intervention strategies for college students.
Methods
We recruited 80 college students from a university in China. The final 74 eligible participants were divided into two groups: app use group (n = 37) and the control group (n = 37). The app group accepted an 8-week app use interference, while the control group underwent no interference. We measured four major variable factors (mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation) before and after the app use intervention.
Results
In the app group, self-compassion and positive psychological capital were significantly higher, and suicide ideation was significantly lower than the control group. In the control group, there were no noticeable differences in any of the four variables between the pre-test and post-test.
Conclusions
Our findings demonstrate that the short video app guided LKM may help to improve self-compassion, and positive psychological capital, and reduce suicide ideation. The finding of the short video app-guided LKM's effect extends our understanding of the integrative effects of positive psychology and digital media on the reduction of suicide ideation.
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