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loving-kindness meditation: a standalone construct

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Clinical psychology

a meditation practice that cultivates warm, caring feelings toward oneself and others.

In clinical psychology, loving-kindness meditation refers to a meditation practice that cultivates warm, caring feelings toward oneself and others. This meaning comes from Fredrickson (2008) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(5), 1045-1062. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013262

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