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Effects of animated pedagogical agent-guided loving-kindness meditation on flight attendants' spirituality, mindfulness, subjective wellbeing, and social presence.
Front Psychol. 2022; 13:894220.FP

Abstract

Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) was first practiced by Buddhists and then developed by clinical psychologist. Previous studies on LKM have mainly focused on the impact of real person-guided meditation on depression, anxiety, and other negative psychology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this study explored the effect and mechanism of media-guided LKM on the improvement of social presence, mindfulness, spirituality, and subjective wellbeing (SWB). From the viewpoint of positive psychology, this study compared the different media effects of animated pedagogical agent (APA)-guided LKM and audio-guided LKM. A total of 82 flight attendants were recruited from airlines; then, they were randomly assigned to two groups: APA group (41 participants) and audio group (41 participants), which both underwent an 8-week LKM training intervention. The aforementioned four main variables were measured pre and post the meditation experiment. The results indicated that both APA-guided meditation and audio-guided meditation significantly improved subjects' spirituality and SWB. Compared with audio-guided meditation, APA-guided meditation significantly improved the subjects' spirituality, SWB, and social presence. Audio-guided meditation has no significant effect on social presence. This study highlights APA-guided meditation has a positive effect on spirituality, SWB, and social presence, which may provide individuals with a simple and easy method to improve their mental health.

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Liu C
School of Journalism and Communication, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China. Business Analytics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chen H
Business Analytics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. School of Film Television and Communication, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, China.
Zhou F
Department of Economic and Management, Suzhou Vocational Institute of Industrial Technology, Suzhou, China.
Chiang CH
Department of Shipping and Transportation Management, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong, Taiwan.
Chen YL
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Wu K
Business Analytics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Huang DH
Institute of Creative Design and Management, National Taipei University of Business, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Liu CY
Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chiou WK
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan. Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Department of Industrial Design, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35992420

Citation

Liu, Chao, et al. "Effects of Animated Pedagogical Agent-guided Loving-kindness Meditation On Flight Attendants' Spirituality, Mindfulness, Subjective Wellbeing, and Social Presence." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, 2022, p. 894220.
Liu C, Chen H, Zhou F, et al. Effects of animated pedagogical agent-guided loving-kindness meditation on flight attendants' spirituality, mindfulness, subjective wellbeing, and social presence. Front Psychol. 2022;13:894220.
Liu, C., Chen, H., Zhou, F., Chiang, C. H., Chen, Y. L., Wu, K., Huang, D. H., Liu, C. Y., & Chiou, W. K. (2022). Effects of animated pedagogical agent-guided loving-kindness meditation on flight attendants' spirituality, mindfulness, subjective wellbeing, and social presence. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 894220. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894220
Liu C, et al. Effects of Animated Pedagogical Agent-guided Loving-kindness Meditation On Flight Attendants' Spirituality, Mindfulness, Subjective Wellbeing, and Social Presence. Front Psychol. 2022;13:894220. PubMed PMID: 35992420.
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