The effects of short video app-guided loving-kindness meditation on college students’ mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation
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Published:2023-10-30
Issue:1
Volume:36
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ISSN:1678-7153
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Container-title:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Psicol. Refl. Crít.
Author:
Liu ChaoORCID, Chen Hao, Zhang Ayuan, Gong XiaoGang, Wu Kan, Liu Chia-Yih, Chiou Wen-KoORCID
Abstract
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.
Funder
Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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