Clinical trials: Loving-Kindness Meditation
Loneliness
Loving Kindness Meditation Among Adults 50 Years and Older
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the feasibility and acceptability of loving-kindness meditation among adults 50 years and older.
- Trial name
- NCT05350449
- Testing
- Loving-kindness Meditation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Stress
Time, Touch, Attention and the Autonomic Nervous System
The purpose of this study is to describe the onset, duration and dose-response of interpersonal mindful compassion on respiratory rate and heart rate variability in healthy adults in order to prepare for research evaluating the…
- Trial name
- NCT01428674
- Testing
- Interpersonal Mindful Compassion with Touch, Reading while extending loving kindness
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Subjective Well-being, Self-Compassion
Online Interactive Meditation Training Enhances Well-being in Older Adults
Objective: This study examines the effects of online interactive meditation training on well-being in older adults. Methods: Older adults were assigned to either an online interactive meditation training group or an active…
- Conditions
- Subjective Well-being, Self-Compassion, Meaning of Life
- Trial name
- NCT07856953
- Testing
- online interactive meditation training group, An active control group learning about knowledge related to healthy aging
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 213 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University
Self-Compassion, Group B
The Effect and Mechanism of Self-compassion on Reducing Materialism
The current study provided an initial investigation of the effect of self-compassion on reducing materialism and explored the basic psychological needs and self-esteem as potential mechanisms. Two studies would be conducted.
- Trial name
- NCT06322069
- Testing
- Self-compassion intervention group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 309 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University
MM Group, LKCM Group
The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation and Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditation on Psychological Distress
The purpose of the study is to explore the effect of of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness and compassion meditation on psychological distress (i.e., anxiety, depression, stress), and explore the mechanism from the…
- Conditions
- MM Group, LKCM Group, Waitlist Group
- Trial name
- NCT06360497
- Testing
- mindfulness meditation intervention and loving-kindness and compassion meditation intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University
Body Scan Meditation, Loving-Kindness Meditation
A Large Multi-site Study on Self-administered Mindfulness
The use of self-administered mindfulness interventions has increased in recent years. The effectiveness of these interventions on regulating stress/emotions, however, is debated.
- Conditions
- Body Scan Meditation, Loving-Kindness Meditation, Mindful Breathing Meditation, Mindful Walking Meditation
- Trial name
- NCT06308744
- Testing
- Body-scan meditation, Mindful Breathing meditation, Loving Kindness meditation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swansea University
Depression and Anxiety Symptoms
The Effect of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Mood and Anxiety Symptoms, Interpersonal Relationships, and Emotions: An Initial Randomized Controlled Trial With a Non-Clinical Sample of Undergraduate Women
The goal of this clinical trial was to examine the effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) on anhedonic depressivity, interpersonal relationships (other inclusive self-concept, willingness to sacrifice, interaction quality)…
- Trial name
- NCT07611253
- Testing
- Loving-Kindness Meditation, Visualization
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Luis Flores
Meditation
Kindness is Lesser Preferable Than Happiness: Investigating Interest in Different Effects of the Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditations
As an initial step, Study 1 intended to compare the interest in different effects of LKCM among a convenient sample of university students.
- Trial name
- NCT06424951
- Testing
- LKCM(Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditations)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,658 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University