International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
April 27, 2022
Hao Chen, Chao Liu, Fang Zhou et al.
25 citations
Focused-attention meditation (FAM) training improved surgeons' flow levels, communication skills, and safety attitudes, and was associated with a lower incidence of adverse clinical events. In a randomized trial with 140 surgeons from three hospitals in China, those who received 8 weeks of FAM training showed significant improvements on three scales measuring flow, communication, and safety attitudes compared to a waitlist control group. The FAM group also had significantly fewer adverse events during the intervention period. The findings suggest that cognitive ergonomics approaches such as FAM may help reduce patient safety incidents in surgical settings.
BioPsychoSocial Medicine
May 10, 2024
Hao Chen, Chao Liu, Kan Wu et al.
3 citations
Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) improved trust and sense of calling while reducing communication anxiety and defensive medicine practice among doctors. In a randomized trial with 94 doctors from a Chinese hospital, those who completed an 8-week LKM program showed significantly higher trust and calling, and significantly lower communication anxiety and defensive medicine practice, compared to a waitlist control group. The control group showed no changes. The findings suggest LKM may help reduce defensive medicine practice by fostering positive psychological states.
European Journal of Psychology Open
July 1, 2024
Hao Chen, Chao Liu, Szu-Erh Hsu et al.
An 8-week loving-kindness meditation guided by a short video app led to higher oneness belief, positive affect, and pro-environmental behavior, and lower negative affect, compared with a wait-list control group. College students in China who completed the app-based meditation showed these improvements, while the control group showed no changes. The findings suggest that digital delivery of loving-kindness meditation can foster psychological and behavioral benefits related to environmental concern.
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.
Frontiers in Psychology
May 26, 2022
Hao Chen, Chao Liu, Fang Zhou et al.
Animation-guided meditation, compared with audio-guided meditation, significantly increased mindfulness and creativity levels while reducing cognitive load over an 8-week intervention. Mindfulness had both a direct positive effect on creativity and indirect effects through flow and positive affect. The study involved 95 participants recruited from a creative industrial park, randomly assigned to animation (n=48) or audio (n=47) guided meditation sessions three times per week. Animation proved more effective than audio as a meditation guidance tool, likely because it lowers cognitive demands and improves cognitive ability, making it easier for people without meditation training to achieve a mindful state.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
March 1, 2022
Chao Liu, Hao Chen, Xinyi Cao et al.
A randomized controlled trial with 91 doctors in a Chinese hospital found that an 8-week mindfulness meditation program improved mindfulness, patient safety culture, and patient safety competency, and reduced adverse events compared to a waiting control group. The control group showed no significant changes. The authors conclude that mindfulness meditation is a simple and effective intervention for improving patient safety.
Frontiers in Psychology
January 1, 2022
Chao Liu, Hao Chen, Fang Zhou et al.
An 8-week loving-kindness meditation (LKM) training, guided either by an animated pedagogical agent (APA) or by audio alone, improved spirituality and subjective wellbeing among 82 flight attendants. APA-guided meditation also significantly enhanced social presence, whereas audio-guided meditation did not affect social presence. The findings suggest that APA-guided LKM offers a simple, accessible method for boosting mental health, particularly in contexts where in-person guidance is unavailable.