Connectedness focused loving-kindness meditation

UMIN ID: UMIN000055744

Registered date:05/10/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Healthy adults
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/10/07
• Target sample size: 60
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

A seven-week Connectedness focused loving-kindness meditation program (weekly 80-min in-person session, everyday homework)
A seven-week loving-kindness meditation program (weekly 80-min in-person session, everyday homework)

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: The total score of the Comprehensive Connectedness Scale-Trait version [ Time Frame: pre, post, one and three month follow-up ]
• Secondary Outcome: 1) Wellbeing indices: Subjective happiness scale, Psychological well-being scale, Satisfaction with life scale, DASS-21,and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [ Time Frame: pre, post, one and three month follow-up ] 2) Psychological indices: Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Self-compassion Scale, ego-resilience scale, and Adolescent Resilience Scale [ Time Frame: pre, post, one and three month follow-up ] 3)Daily affect: Comprehensive connectedness scale state version and Multiple mood scale. [ Time Frame: pre, post, one and three month follow-up ]

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 18years-old
• Age maximum: 75years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: 1) Individuals currently receiving medical treatment. 2) Individuals with suicidal thoughts. 3) Individuals wearing a medical device. 4) Individuals with poor health. 5) Individuals who have history of epileptic seizure. 6) Individuals with body temperature dysregulation. 7) Individuals with irregular heartbeat. 8) Individuals with voice, hearing or grip strength disorder. 9) Individuals with communication disorder. 10) Individuals with heart-related illness. 11) Individuals without strenuous exercise, eating, smoking, or the consumption of caffeine or alcohol within one hour of the start of the intervention on the day. 12) Individuals who experienced an intervention with meditation practices. 13) Other persons deemed inappropriate by the principal investigator.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Sony Corporation