The Psychological Effects of Classical Music Meditation Based on the Buddhist Doctrine of Dependent Origination: A Sequential Mediation Model of Metacognition and Emotion Regulation on Empathy

Key Points

• This research explores the psychological effects of classical music meditation based on Buddhist teachings, focusing on metacognition and emotion regulation as mediators of empathy.
• Involved 50 adults participating in a 6-week classical music meditation program.
• Sessions were conducted weekly, each lasting 40 minutes, including specific activities like breath awareness and music listening meditation.
• Utilized a pre-post design to measure changes in metacognition, emotion regulation, and empathy levels.
• Employed SPSS and AMOS for data analysis, including descriptive statistics and correlation assessments.
• Classical music meditation was found to enhance metacognition and emotion regulation skills.
• Both metacognition and emotion regulation showed sequential mediation effects on improving empathy.
• The findings suggest the importance of these variables in enhancing empathy through the meditation practice.

Abstract