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Impact of Vipassana Meditation on Life Satisfaction

International Journal of Indian Psychology June 25, 2015 DOI: 10.25215/0203.076 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Randomized controlled trial Peer reviewed
Sample size 120
Population Student participants
Intervention Vipassana meditation
Dose ten hours per day for ten days (total 300 hours)
Duration Ten-day intervention, immediate post-test
Measures Satisfaction with Life Scale
Topics Meditation
Key findings Vipassana meditation had a positive effect on the level of life satisfaction.

Abstract

Vipassana Meditation is measured to be the embodiment of the tradition from 2500 years back. It is non-scientific technique of self-observation which leads to progressive improved insight and positive life satisfaction attributes, as also, inculcations of family, friends, school, living environment and self life-satisfaction. The goal of this research was to study the effectiveness of Vipassana meditation on life satisfaction. In this study 120 student participants (experimental and control) were selected. The experimental group was given Ten Days (ten hours per day and total hours taken was three hundred hours) Vipassana meditation course. After meditation course the Satisfaction with life scale was administered to experimental and control group immediately. The effect of intervention on experimental group was studied by comparing with control group in pre-post test phases. For analysis of data the GLM- Repeated measures of ANOVA was used. Findings indicate that Vipassana meditation had positive effect on the level of life satisfaction.

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Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation Undergraduate Chinese students 2007 Randomized controlled trial n = 40
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Replication and Exploration of Differential Relapse Prevention Effects. Recovered recurrently depressed patients 2004 Randomized controlled trial n = 73

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