Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness.

By Cendri A. C. Hutcherson, E. Seppala, James J. Gross. Emotion, 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Experiential Gifts Foster Stronger Social Relationships Than Material Gifts (2016, neutral): “…Aron, and Smollan 1992; Dibble, Levine, and Park 2012; Kok et al. 2013; Kok and Fredrickson 2010) and connected to each other (Algoe et al. 2008; Dibble et al. 2012; Hutcherson, Seppala, and Gross 2008), as well as how satisfied they are with their relationship (Rusbult, Martz, and Agnew 1998).”
Enhancing Compassion: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Compassion Cultivation Training Program (2013, background): “…has been associated with decreased negative affect and stress responses, and also with increased positive affect, social connectedness, and kindness towards oneself and others (Fredrickson et al. 2008; Hutcherson et al. 2008; Lutz et al. 2008; Lutz et al. 2004; Pace et al. 2009; Pace et al. 2010).”
Self-Compassion When Coping With Venture Obstacles: Loving-Kindness Meditation and Entrepreneurial Fear of Failure (2019, background): “We specifically study the effects of Loving- Kindness Meditation (LKM; e.g., Fredrickson et al., 2008; Galante et al., 2014; Hutcherson et al., 2008), a form of meditation that engenders compassion to others and, more crucially in this study, self- compassion: being kind and understanding toward…”
MINDFULNESS AT WORK (2011, background): “Recent research has turned to the role of mindfulness in facilitating the quality of interpersonal connections as well (e.g., Hutcherson et al., 2008), and studies suggest that mindfulness training may be related to greater social connectedness (e.g., Cohen & Miller, 2009).”
Practicing Compassion Increases Happiness and Self-Esteem (2011, methodology): “Participants were trained in a 7-min visualization procedure, in which they were to imagine two loved ones sending loving and compassionate feelings towards oneself, and to subsequently redirect these warm feelings toward the photograph of an emotionally neutral stranger ( Hutcherson et al. 2008 ).”