Cleo P. K. Chiu

The effect of loving-kindness meditation on positive emotions: a meta-analytic review

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...