Mindfulness Meditation, Mental Health, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Buddhist Monastics.
East Asian Arch Psychiatry
; 30(3): 67-72, 2020 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine associations between mindfulness meditation and mental health and health-related quality of life among Buddhist monastics.METHODS:
This is a cross-sectional study of Chinese Buddhist monastics aged ≥18 years who practised mindfulness meditation daily. Mental health was assessed by the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), whereas health-related quality of life was assessed by the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). The number of years and the average daily amount of time spent in mindfulness meditation were collected.RESULTS:
47 monastics completed the interview. They practised mindfulness meditation for a mean of 7.3 years, 1.1 hours per day. Both the number of years (ß = -0.48, p = 0.03) and amount of daily practice (ß = -0.53, p < 0.001) of mindfulness meditation were associated with the GHQ-12 score, after adjusting for age, sex, education, and years of being a monastic. Only the amount of daily practice (ß = 0.44, p = 0.004) was associated with the mental component summary of SF-12. Neither was associated with the physical component summary of SF-12.CONCLUSIONS:
Among Chinese Buddhist monastics who practise daily mindfulness meditation, spending more time each day and having longer years of practice were associated with better mental health.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Budismo
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Saúde Mental
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Meditação
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Atenção Plena
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En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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