The Effect of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Flight Attendants’ Spirituality, Mindfulness and Subjective Well-Being

Liu, Chao; Chen, Hao; Liu, Chia-Yi; Lin, Rungtai; Chiou, Wen‐Ko

doi:10.3390/healthcare8020174

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“…The LKM group received LKM intervention 3 times per week for a total of 8 weeks, whereas the control group did not undergo any intervention. Many previous studies on LKM have used an intervention period of 8 weeks [ 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 ]. Thus, this study referred to the previous research to set the total length of the intervention.…”

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Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

Chen

Liu

Cao

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Background: In the context of increasing doctor–patient tensions in China, the objective of this study was to explore and examine the effects of loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on doctors’ mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills. Methods: A total of 106 doctors were recruited from a hospital in China, and randomly divided into an LKM training group (n = 53) and waiting control group (n = 53). The LKM training group received 8 weeks of LKM training intervention, whereas the control group received no intervention. Three major variables (mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills) were measured before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the LKM training intervention. Results: The empathy and communication skills of the LKM group were significantly improved compared with those of the control group, but the level of mindfulness did not significantly change. Conclusions: The results suggested that LKM may contribute to improving physicians’ empathy and communication skills. However, the mechanisms that underlie the effects of the LKM on mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills and other psychological constructs needs further elucidation.

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Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

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Cao

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“…Numerous studies show that workplace violence has a serious negative effect on employees’ health and employee wellbeing, organizational performance, and even the social environment [ 58 , 59 ]. At the individual level, WV decreed that job satisfaction affects work-related stress [ 60 , 61 ].…”

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The Relationship between Workplace Violence and Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Roles of Employee Wellbeing

Zhou

Rasool

2020

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It has been contended that violence is prevalent in the workplace, and there has been increasing research interest into its potential effects. Human interactions at workplaces are apparent. However, the interactions among humans may have positive or negative dimensions. Usually, the positive or negative interactions between workers lead to different outcomes. Sometimes, they lead to a productive working environment; however, in some cases, they lead to toxicity among workers. In this study, we investigate the impact of workplace violence (WV) on innovative work behavior (IWB). Specifically, it examines the impact of the three dimensions of WV, namely, harassment, mobbing, and sabotage. Moreover, employees’ wellbeing mediates the relationship between WV (harassment, mobbing, and sabotage) and IWB. A questionnaire survey approach was used in this study. The target population were the workers of SMEs entrepreneurs located in Guangdong Province (China). The results confirm that, in the direct relationship, WV (harassment, mobbing, and sabotage) has a negative relationship with innovative IWB. Moreover, results also confirm that employee wellbeing is mediated between WV (harassment, mobbing, and sabotage) and IWB. Therefore, the empirical results of this paper identify that workplace violence reduces employees’ innovative work behavior by reducing their subjective and eudemonic wellbeing, which further broadens the perspective of IWB’s motivation analysis. Practical implications for small and medium enterprise organizations have also been discussed in this paper.

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“…Besides external feelings, there are also interoceptions. Liu previously found that loving kindness meditation could improve the interoception of flight attendants and reduce the negative emotions generated by their emotional labor ( Liu et al, 2020 ). In addition to loving kindness meditation, there are also mandala drawings in Oriental indigenous psychology.…”

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Cooperative and Individual Mandala Drawing Have Different Effects on Mindfulness, Spirituality, and Subjective Well-Being

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Mandala drawing was first practiced by Tibetan buddhists and then developed by Carl Gustav Jung, who felt certain that mandala drawing has the function of integrating psychological division, enhancing psychological harmony, and preserving personality integrity. Previous studies on mandala drawing have mainly focused on alleviating people’s negative emotions, such as anxiety and depression. Therefore, this study explored the effect and mechanism of mandala drawing on the improvement of subjective well-being (SWB), mindfulness, and spirituality from positive psychology’s viewpoint and compared the different effects of cooperative mandala drawing (CMD) and individual mandala drawing (IMD) on mindfulness, spirituality, and SWB. A total of 76 students were recruited from Chang Gung University, and the aforementioned three main variables were measured before and after the coloring experiment. The results indicated that both CMD and IMD significantly enhanced the subjects’ spirituality. Compared with IMD, CMD has a more significant improvement and promotion effect on SWB of subjects by affecting PA, while IMD had no significant effect on PA, and the enhancement effect of SWB was weaker than that of CMD. Mindfulness, spirituality, and SWB all positively correlated with each other. This study highlights the mechanism of mandala drawing and the theoretical understanding of the relationship between mindfulness and SWB. Mandala drawing especially CMD has a positive effect on spirituality and SWB, which may provide individuals with a simple and easy method to improve their happiness.

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The Effect of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Flight Attendants’ Spirituality, Mindfulness and Subjective Well-Being

Cited by 38 publications

References 69 publications

Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

The Relationship between Workplace Violence and Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Roles of Employee Wellbeing

Cooperative and Individual Mandala Drawing Have Different Effects on Mindfulness, Spirituality, and Subjective Well-Being

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