Social connection is crucial for well-being and health. Dyadic meditations-contemplative practices carried out by two people together-have the potential to foster connection. In the dyadic "Just-Like-Me" (JLM) meditation, two participants gaze at each other while contemplating sentences emphasizing their shared humanity. We assessed the psychological impacts of this exercise, as well as the...
OBJECTIVES: This study tested whether in-person Contemplative Dyad Meditation (CDM) can help young adults connect and improve well-being. In CDM, two individuals take turns sharing present-moment experiences while the other listens non-judgmentally. CDM was compared to an active social comparison condition, Fast Friends (FF), and a no-intervention group (NI).METHODS: This preregistered,...