Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology June 30, 2014 Julieta Galante, Ignacio Galante, Marie‐jet Bekkers et al. 379 citations
OBJECTIVE: Kindness-based meditation (KBM) is a rubric covering meditation techniques developed to elicit kindness in a conscious way. Some techniques, for example, loving-kindness meditation and compassion meditation, have been included in programs aimed at improving health and well-being. Our aim was to systematically review and meta-analyze the evidence available from randomized controlled...