Psychological effects of meditation at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar.
Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) February 1, 2017 Yuichi Kasai, Toshihiko Sakakibara, Thein Aung Kyaw et al.
Meditation reduces depressive mood, anger, hostility, and fatigue while increasing vigor, with psychological flexibility improving only after more than a year of practice. These findings come from comparing 97 Myanmar people practicing Vipassana contemplation training with 81 Myanmar nurses who had no meditation experience, using the short version of Profile of Mood States and the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II.