The Effects of Mantra Meditation on Self-compassion and Stress of Office Workers
Hee-sook Kwon, Mee-sook Cheong
Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange April 30, 2020 DOI: 10.21742/apjcri.2020.04.03 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Pre-post intervention study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 20 |
| Population | Head managers of apartments in K city |
| Intervention | Mantra meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Mantra meditation significantly improved self-compassion and reduced stress among office workers. |
Abstract
High job-stress is more than 2 times likely to cause depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. More 70% of professional managers responded that they felt stressed in their workplaces for the past 10 years. This study investigates the effects of mantra meditation on self-compassion and stress of office workers. The subjects of this study were 20 head managers of apartments in K city. The purpose of this study is to help office workers recognize and accept negative emotions they experienced and to guide them to pleasantly work. The results of the study revealed that first, a t-value of the paired samples test of self-compassion was 9.560 and a significant probability was .000. Therefore, it can be judged that the mantra meditation is effective in improving self-compassion (awareness index). Second, it was found that the t-value of the paired samples test of the stress index was 4.684 and the significant probability was .000. Therefore, it can be judged that mantra meditation is effective in minimizing stress. In conclusion, it is found that the mantra meditation can help office workers to recognize and accept their current state, and to achieve a happy work-life. But it is unable to generalize the results because this program ran for office workers who have the same job in one city. Therefore, it is necessary to implement this program for office workers who have different jobs in various cities. Also, mantra meditation is still unfamiliar to the general public, so efforts are needed to popularize it.
Comparable studies
Other non-randomized and open-label trials on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Relation to Quality of Life, Mood, Symptoms of Stress, and Immune Parameters in Breast and Prostate Cancer Outpatients Early-stage breast and prostate cancer patients | 2003 | Pre-post intervention study | n = 59 |
| Exploring self‐compassion and empathy in the context of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) Community sample | 2010 | Pre-post intervention study | |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Lowers Psychological Distress In Medical Students Second-year medical students | 2003 | Prospective nonrandomized cohort-controlled study | n = 302 |
| Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Retreat participants and matched controls | 2011 | Controlled trial with wait-list control group | n = 60 |
| The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents Children aged 8-12 with ADHD and their parents | 2011 | Within-group waitlist controlled trial | n = 22 |