Effects of Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation on Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Yuan, Zheng; Yan, Luyi; Chen, Yifei; Zhang, Xiuqing; Sun, Wenxiang; Lv, Jing; Zhou, Jingyi; Gu, Xiaodan; Zhao, Xinran; Luo, Wenting; Chen, Yanyan; Lang, Yongqi; Wang, Zilin; Gao, Chenyu; Jiang, Yuanchen; Li, Runze; Deng, Yan-Ling; Zeng, Xianglong

doi:10.1007/s12671-023-02121-8

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“…Lehrer et al (1980) only twice used the term "mantra," never applying it to their own intervention. Also seldom if ever called mantras in the research literature-and appropriately so, by the definitions proposed here-are the "blessing phrases," such as "may you be happy," that are used in lovingkindness meditation interventions (Zheng et al, 2023(Zheng et al, , p. 1022; and the requesting prayers that are used in petitionary prayer interventions (Cornelius-White & Kanamori, 2023;Masters & Spielmans, 2007; see discussions in Section 4 of Supplemental Materials).…”

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confidence: 99%