The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회지)

The Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회)
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The effect of a loving-kindness and compassion meditation program on the empathy, emotion, and stress of nursing college students

자애명상 프로그램이 간호대학생의 공감, 정서 및 스트레스에 미치는 효과

  • Nam, Jeong-Hui (Department of Nursing, Pohang University) ;
  • Park, Hyun-Sook (College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Daegu Catholic University)
  • 남정희 (포항대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 박현숙 (대구가톨릭대학교 간호대학 & 간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2020.05.02
  • Accepted : 2020.08.19
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study examined the effects of a loving-kindness and compassion meditation program on the empathy, emotion, and stress of nursing college students. Methods: A pre-posttest experimental design with a non-equivalent control group was applied. The participants were 39 nursing college students (experimental group: 19, control group: 20). The loving-kindness and compassion meditation program for nursing college students took 8 weeks. Data was collected from February 2016 to March 2016, and was analyzed by Chi-square test and independent t-test using IBM SPSS/WIN 19.0. Results: The difference between the experiment group and control group was statistically significant in empathy, negative affect, and perceived stress. Conclusion: The results indicate that the loving-kindness and compassion meditation program was effective for empathy improvement and stress management of nursing college students.

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