Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
July 24, 2026
Yuan Zheng, Xiaomin Chang, M Q Zhang et al.
The mediators and moderators of the effect of mindfulness- and compassion-based interventions (MCBIs) on parental burnout are not yet well understood. This study examined the impact of an MCBI on parental burnout in China, investigated the mediating roles of parenting stress, mindful parenting, and self-compassion, and explored the moderating effects of baseline mindful parenting, baseline...
August 18, 2025
Xianglong Zeng
preprint
Ideals play important roles in human life and psychology. Over the past decade, several mindfulness-based interventions have directly cultivated ideal mentalities that have not yet been achieved at the level of humanity, leading to the establishment of ideal psychology. Beyond research on ideal mentalities, ideal psychology has evolved into a general psychological approach characterized by...
BMC Psychology
April 26, 2025
Yanhe Deng, Taoyuan Du, Xianglong Zeng et al.
1 citation
The primary purpose of the Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditations (LKCM) in Buddhism was the cultivation of kindness, but many modern LKCM trainings focused on happiness, and even used the "kindness for happiness" strategy that advocate cultivation of kindness for the benefit of happiness. This study investigated whether cultivating kindness was lesser desired than enhancing happiness for...
International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie
April 1, 2025
Rong Wang, Jingyi Zhou, Yang Zhang et al.
3 citations
Appreciative joy is one of four immeasurables emphasised in Buddhism. There are similarities and differences between appreciative joy and gratitude, but their combined roles in improving subjective well-being (SWB) are still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between appreciative joy and gratitude and their contribution to SWB. Study 1 utilised a cross-sectional survey to...
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
March 4, 2024
Quan Tang, Jing Han, Xianglong Zeng
3 citations
Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) has been widely used in promoting mental health, with positive emotions as an important mechanism. The current study explored the impact of background music on the effects and difficulties of LKM practice. Two hundred participants were randomly divided into six groups, wherein LKM plus music with harmony only, LKM plus music with harmony and melody, and LKM...
Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress
February 1, 2024
Rong Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Yang Zhang et al.
Loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKCM) have been well applied among employees to improve their health and well-being. Existing studies on LKCM have also provided supportive evidence of its benefits and effectiveness under organizational contexts. The current meta-analytical study aimed to systematically summarise the effects of LKCM in the workplace and to outline directions for...
Journal of Happiness Studies
2023
Xianglong Zeng, Yuan Zheng, Xiaodan Gu et al.
Loving-kindness and compassion meditations (LKCM) are considered a promising practice for increasing long-term well-being. While previous studies have mainly focused on meditation practice quantity, the current study provides an initial exploration of the quality of meditation during multiweek LKCM training. Data were collected through offline (Study 1; N = 41) and online (Study 2; N = 243)...
Applied psychology. Health and well-being
August 1, 2022
Xiaodan Gu, Wenting Luo, Xinran Zhao et al.
Loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKCM) was a promising intervention for improving life satisfaction, but previous findings have been inconsistent. The current study provides a systematic review and meta-analysis, including 23 empirical studies on LKCM with life satisfaction as an outcome variable. The primary meta-analysis indicated that LKCM significantly enhanced life satisfaction...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 31, 2018
Ying Ma, Zhaozhuo She, Angela Fung-Ying Siu et al.
Online mindfulness-based intervention as a feasible and acceptable approach has received mounting attention in recent years, yet more evidence is needed to demonstrate its effectiveness. The primary objective of this study was to examine the effects of online mindfulness-based programs on psychological distress (depression and anxiety). The randomized controlled intervention design consisted of...
Frontiers in Psychology
2017
Xianglong Zeng, Floria H. N. Chio, Tian P S Oei et al.
Interventions using the "Four Immeasurables Meditations" (FIM) are effective for various outcomes; however, whether increased meditation practice in these interventions leads to better results has not been well investigated. This systematic review included 22 FIM interventions that reported associations between the amount of meditation practice and its outcomes. Despite the heterogeneity in...
Journal of Religion and Health
December 1, 2016
Xianglong Zeng, Jun Wei, Tian Ps Oei et al.
The concept of self-compassion originated from Buddhism, but very little is known about the utility and functions of this concept among Buddhists. Four hundred and eleven individuals (179 Buddhists and 232 non-Buddhists) completed the survey packages using the self-compassion scale (SCS; Neff in Self Identity 2(3):223-250, 2003a. doi: 10.1080/15298860309027 ). Confirmatory factor analysis...
Frontiers in Psychology
November 3, 2015
Xianglong Zeng, Cleo P. K. Chiu, Rong Wang et al.
256 citations
While it has been suggested that loving-kindness meditation (LKM) is an effective practice for promoting positive emotions, the empirical evidence in the literature remains unclear. Here, we provide a systematic review of 24 empirical studies (N = 1759) on LKM with self-reported positive emotions. The effect of LKM on positive emotions was estimated with meta-analysis, and the influence of...
Journal of Religion and Health
April 1, 2015
Xianglong Zeng, Tian P S Oei, Yiqing Ye et al.
Goenka's Vipassana meditation (GVM), a widely applied mindfulness training system rooted in Buddhism, is currently widely used. Although the two abilities cultivated in GVM, awareness and equanimity, exhibit certain similarities with the mindfulness cultivated in mindfulness-based psychotherapies (MBTs), they are not major concerns in MBTs. While many mindfulness scales have been created to...
Journal of Religion and Health
April 1, 2015
Xianglong Zeng, Mengdan Li, Bo Zhang et al.
Goenka's 10-day Vipassana course is a widespread mindfulness course rooted in traditional Buddhism. Awareness and equanimity are two abilities cultivated in this course that are not featured in modern mindfulness-based psychotherapies and thereby not adequately measured by current mindfulness scales. The present article analyzed the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS; Cardaciotto et al. in...
Journal of Religion and Health
December 1, 2014
Xianglong Zeng, Tian P S Oei, Xiangping Liu
Awareness is one of the two most important abilities cultivated in Goenka's Vipassana meditation, which refers to sensitivity to subtle bodily sensations and the associated psychological processes. This sensitivity and its derived function of monitoring emotion are not of notable concern in modern mindfulness-based psychotherapies. Evidence supports that Vipassana meditation truly enhances...
Xinyi Li, Wenzhou Huang, Zetong Hua et al.
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Second-generation mindfulness-based interventions (SG-MBIs) emphasize the explicit integration of philosophical topics and incorporate various meditation practices, such as loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKCM). LKCM involves philosophical discussions concerning views of human nature, which may facilitate the cultivation of prosocial attitudes; however, the effects of such...