Mindfulness and Spirituality in Couple Therapy: The Use of Meditative Dialogue to Help Couples Develop Compassion and Empathy for Themselves and Each Other

Lord, Susan

doi:10.1002/anzf.1201

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“…We believe that evidence exists for developing compassion training in family systems (Kirby, ; Stosny, ). For example, Lord () described a simple and innovative Meditative Dialogue practice, which may help couples develop compassion and empathy, in order to increase marital flexibility and resilience. In fact, several interventions or trainings have been established as having the potential to enhance one's compassion competence (or related capacities), such as Compassion Cultivating Training (CCT; Jazaieri et al., ), Compassionate Mind Training (CMT; Gilbert & Procter, ), or Compassion Mediation (Hofmann, Grossman, & Hinton, ).…”

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Actor–Partner Interdependence of Compassion toward Others with Qualities of Marital Relationship and Parent–Child Relationships in Chinese Families

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Considering the nature of compassion and cultural and times characteristics of Chinese families, individuals' general dispositional compassion toward others may have potential benefits for relationship qualities in Chinese families. In this study, we explored how men's and women's compassion related to their own (actor effects) and the partners' (partner effects) marital relationship and parent-child relationships, respectively, using the Actor-Partner Interdependent Model. Participants were from a cross-sectional sample of 534 Chinese heterosexual married couples (females' mean age = 37.20, SD = 4.28; males' mean age = 40.29, SD = 5.39) whose biological children were pupils (mean age = 9.28, SD = 1.11). Results revealed that: (a) within marital relationships, couple members' actor effects and partner effects were found both significant; but (b) within parent-child relationships, couple members' actor effects were significant, whereas only mothers' partner effect of compassion on father-child relationship was significant. These findings support the benefits of couple members' individual compassion with respect to family relationship quality in contemporary China. Limitations, implications, and future directions are discussed. F or decades, researchers have been striving to identify factors that promote or undermine marital relationships and parent-child relationships. The roles of personality, empathy, sympathy, coping, or emotional intelligence have received particular attention, via either an individual or a dyadic approach (Brock,

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Actor–Partner Interdependence of Compassion toward Others with Qualities of Marital Relationship and Parent–Child Relationships in Chinese Families

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“…Previous studies have explored the preconditions of empathy and found that mindfulness can promote empathy in individuals [ 29 ]. Mindfulness has been found to improve empathy among counselors [ 30 ], adolescents with a history of childhood abuse [ 31 ], college students [ 32 ], adults [ 33 ], and couples [ 34 ]. Researchers have examined specific groups of people and found that mindfulness enhanced the empathy of nurses [ 35 ] and ICU staff [ 36 ].…”

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

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Liu

Cao

et al. 2021

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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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“…Another research explored spiritual prepositional variables and showed how mindfulness can improve individual spiritual growth ( Matiz et al, 2018 ). Researchers have examined specific groups of people and determined that mindfulness can improve spirituality in teenagers ( Cobb et al, 2015 ), improve the spirituality of patients with late-stage cancer ( Casula, 2018 ), improve the spirituality of married couples ( Lord, 2017 ), and have a positive effect on the spirituality of patients with psychosis ( Da Silva and Pereira, 2017 ). The literature indicates that there exist reasons to believe that people with a high degree of mindfulness may be able to experience high spirituality and thus increase their SWB.…”

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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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Mindfulness and Spirituality in Couple Therapy: The Use of Meditative Dialogue to Help Couples Develop Compassion and Empathy for Themselves and Each Other

Cited by 18 publications

References 51 publications

Actor–Partner Interdependence of Compassion toward Others with Qualities of Marital Relationship and Parent–Child Relationships in Chinese Families

Actor–Partner Interdependence of Compassion toward Others with Qualities of Marital Relationship and Parent–Child Relationships in Chinese Families

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

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

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