Differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude, and psychological well-being according to the characteristics of foreigners participating in the Woodenfish Global Meditation Practice Program
Donguk Im
Journal of Meditation based Psychological Counseling December 31, 2024 DOI: 10.12972/mpca.20240020 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 58 |
| Population | Foreign participants in a global meditation practice program at Woljeongsa Temple |
| Intervention | temple-based meditation program |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Age and previous meditation experience were associated with higher mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being, while religious affiliation showed no association. |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being according to the characteristics of foreigners who participated in temple-based meditation programs, thereby understanding the experiences of foreign temple stay participants according to their characteristics and providing information necessary for organizing temple-based meditation programs for foreigners in the future. To this end, a survey was conducted using the scales of mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being targeting 58 foreign participants who participated in the global meditation practice program held at Woljeongsa Temple. The collected data were analyzed using frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The results of this study are as follows. First, as a result of examining whether there were differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being according to age, there was a significant difference in the average of mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being according to age. Second, as a result of examining whether there were differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being depending on the participation occasion, there was a significant difference in the average of self-kindness, a sub-factor of self-compassion, depending on the participation occasion. However, there was no significant difference in the average of mindfulness, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being depending on the participation occasion. Third, as a result of examining whether there were differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being depending on the religious presence or absence, there was no significant difference in the average of mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being depending on the religious presence or absence. Fourth, as a result of examining whether there were differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being depending on the previous meditation experience, there was a significant difference in the average of mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude disposition, and psychological well-being depending on the previous meditation experience. This study provided basic information for the psychological and emotional characteristics of foreigners participating in meditation programs conducted at Korean temples and for organizing temple stay programs that meet their needs.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
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| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |