Daily interventions and assessments: The effect of online self-compassion meditation on psychological health.
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being April 23, 2021 Yanjuan Li, Yueqin Hu, Wanting Yang et al.
A 4-week study with 65 employees tested daily online self-compassion meditation delivered via smartphone. After a control week, two intervention weeks of daily meditation improved daily self-compassion and reduced perceived stress and emotional exhaustion. Self-compassion and stress did not change during the control week, then improved during the intervention weeks and remained stable during the follow-up week. Emotional exhaustion declined during the control week and stayed stable afterward. The intervention worked equally well regardless of participants' baseline trait self-compassion. The authors conclude that daily online self-compassion meditation is effective and suggest the method can be applied to test other daily online interventions.