Pengalaman Siswa-Siswi SMP Dharma Loka dalam Melakukan Meditasi: Pengabdian Masyarakat
Alberd Alberto Ardiansyah, Julia Surya
Jurnal Informasi Pengabdian Masyarakat August 5, 2024 DOI: 10.47861/jipm-nalanda.v2i3.1204 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Randomly selected students from SMP Dharma Loka Pekanbaru |
| Interventions | Meditation Guided meditation Walking meditation |
| Duration | Four meditation training sessions |
| Topics | Buddhism |
| Keywords | Education |
| Key findings | The authors report that four meditation training sessions helped students reduce stress, improve focus, and calm their minds, with participants reporting gains in cognitive abilities and emotional control and observed positive changes in attitudes and behaviors. They conclude that meditation can be an effective tool for enhancing academic performance and emotional well-being. |
Abstract
This study explores the benefits of meditation for student achievement, focusing on the application of three components of information processing theory: cognitive processes, information storage, and executive cognition. The subjects of the study were randomly selected students from SMP Dharma Loka Pekanbaru. The service involved four meditation training sessions, including guided meditation and walking meditation techniques. The results showed that meditation helped students reduce stress, improve focus, and calm their minds. Participants reported improvements in cognitive abilities and emotional control. Observations over the four sessions indicated positive developments in students' attitudes and behaviors. This study confirms that meditation can be an effective tool for enhancing academic performance and emotional well-being among students. Overall, meditation proved to be a beneficial practice in supporting mental health and spirituality among students
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on buddhism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE ZEN MEDITATION (ZAZEN) Zen priests and disciples of Zen sects of Buddhism | 1966 | Observational study | n = 48 |
| “Thinking about Not-Thinking”: Neural Correlates of Conceptual Processing during Zen Meditation Regular Zen practitioners and matched control subjects | 2008 | Observational cohort | |
| Individual Trait Anxiety Levels Characterizing the Properties of Zen Meditation Healthy adults who had not previously practiced any form of meditation | 2004 | Observational cohort | n = 22 |
| Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion 20 Zen meditation experts and 20 healthy matched non-meditators | 2016 | Observational cohort | n = 40 |
| EEG dynamics of experienced Zen meditation practitioners probed by complexity index and spectral measure Experienced Zen meditation practitioners and matched controls | 2009 | Observational cohort | n = 46 |