Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
June 30, 2026
Jae-hyun Park
This study aims to systematically analyze and review meta-analytic studies on meditation published in Korea between 2010 and 2024. Using multiple academic databases (RISS, KISS, DBpia, and KCI), a final set of 15 core meta-analytic papers was selected for analysis. The findings indicate that domestic meditation meta-analyses can be categorized into four major streams: first, studies examining...
Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
June 30, 2026
Tae-kyung An
This study aims to analyze research trends in Buddhist counseling-related academic journal articles published in South Korea from 2016 to 2025 and to propose directions for future research. To this end, articles identifiable through domestic academic search services - including KCI, RISS, DBpia, eArticle, and KOAJ - as well as open internet searches were reviewed for publications from 2016...
Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
June 30, 2026
Kum-yoon Lim
This study comparatively analyzes the course structures of three domestic graduate institutions offering Buddhist counseling-related curricula: the Department of Meditation, Psychology, and Counseling at Dongguk University Graduate School of Buddhist Studies; the Meditation Counseling program at Dongbang Culture University; and the Counseling Studies track within the Department of Buddhist...
Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
December 31, 2024
Hyun-Jin(InHae) Kim
This study confirms the effectiveness of a compassion program for middle-aged people. The research questions of this study are as follows. ‘Is there a difference in compassion before and after participating in a self-compassion program for middle-aged and older adults?’ For this purpose, a compassion program for middle-aged people was conducted on 20 middle-aged participants. The effectiveness...
Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
June 30, 2024
Jin-keon Moon
This study explored basic steps of active imagination and looked at related topics such as free association, imagination, signs and symbols in order to reveal the characteristics of Jung’s active imagination. According to the results of the exploration, active imagination is not a reductive way to understand the mental images that emerge from the unconscious. In active imagination a patient...
Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
June 30, 2024
Jinseop Kim
In this study, we conducted in-depth interviews with 5 teachers from City A to investigate the perceived necessity of mindfulness education among Korean teachers and its potential application in the school setting. Through the interviews, we focused on analyzing the necessity of mindfulness education in schools, implementation methods, appropriate education time, difficulties in implementation,...
Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
June 30, 2024
Bo-Mi Lee
This study applied a systematic literature review method to examine studies of mindfulness meditative approaches or interventions for addiction, and to derive implications for the use of meditation for addiction intervention. To this end, until April 2024, a total of six papers were selected and analyzed, including the research foundation registration(candidate) paper among domestic studies,...
Humanities and Meditation Research Institute
June 30, 2023
Jin-Seop Kim
국내 청소년기 학생들의 우울감과 자살률은 올라가고 있다. 이런 상황 속에서 청소년을 대상으로 연구한 명상 프로그램에 대한 효과는 증명되고 있으나, 명상 프로그램이 학교 현장에서 어떻게 활용되고 있는지에 대한 데이터는 부족한 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다음과 같은 내용을 분석·조사를 하였다. 첫째, 논문 분석을 위해 별도의 선별 과정을 거쳐 2010년부터 2022년까지의 초·중·고등학생을 대상으로 연구한 논문 25편을 선정하여 분석하였다. 선정한 논문을 대상으로 활용한 명상의 종류, 근거한 명상 이론 및 프로그램, 성과 변인으로 나누어 표로 정리하였다. 분석 결과 명상의 종류로는 호흡명상이 25편의 연구 중 21편(84%)으로 가장 많았으며, 근거한 명상 이론 및 프로그램은 ‘MBSR 및 마음챙김...