The effects of short video app-guided loving-kindness meditation on college students' mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation.
Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS October 30, 2023 Chao Liu, Hao Chen, Ayuan Zhang et al.
An eight-week loving-kindness meditation guided by a short video app improved self-compassion and positive psychological capital and reduced suicide ideation among Chinese college students compared with a control group that received no intervention. Mindfulness did not change significantly. The app group of 37 participants showed higher self-compassion and positive psychological capital and lower suicide ideation after the intervention; the 37 control participants showed no differences on any measure. The findings suggest that combining positive psychology with digital media may help reduce suicide ideation in college students.