A Study on the Effects of a Tea-Meditation Program on the Daily Stress of Children in Community Child Centers
Jooyoung Jang
The Korean Tea Society March 30, 2023 DOI: 10.29225/jkts.2023.29.1.32 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 28 |
| Population | Children at community child centers in G-city, G-do |
| Duration | 5 sessions of 10 classes from June 12 to July 17, 2022 |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Education |
| Key findings | The authors report that a loving-kindness and compassion tea-meditation program significantly reduced daily stress among children in community child centers compared with a control group (p<0.001), and conclude the program has a positive effect on children's daily stress. |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a tea-meditation program on the daily stress levels of children in community child centers in G-city, G-do. The study comprised an experimental group of 14 children and a control group of 14 students and was based on the loving-kindness and compassion tea-meditation program of Wonheo Ji-woon’s Jabi-dasun. The study covered 5 sessions of 10 classes from June 12 to July 17, 2022. A daily stress level test was conducted on all children before and after the program and the Jamovi version 2.3.18 software was used for data analysis to examine the effects of the program. The main research results were as follows: There was a significant effect (p<0.001) of the tea-meditation program on the daily stress of children in community child centers in the experimental group compared to the control group. Therefore, it may be concluded that the tea-meditation program has a positive effect on the daily stress of children in community child centers. Thus, in the future, it would be helpful to develop a tea-meditation program targeting elementary school children in various environments.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |