Johnson Michael
University of Utah Health Sciences Center MEG Lab & College of Nursing, 729 Arapeen Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
J Holist Nurs. 2011 Sep;29(3):201-10. doi: 10.1177/0898010110391265. Epub 2010 Dec 21.
To test the hypothesis that a novel Zen dialogue-based method can bring about significant improvements in spiritual, meditation, and well-being parameters.
A pretest-posttest design was used with participants being randomly assigned to either treatment or no treatment group at the Zen Center. The participants were 14 females and 2 males within each group with no prior formal Zen or meditation training. Those participants in the treatment group received intensive interaction for 1 day with an experienced Zen teacher using a dialogue method to induce a deep meditative state without instruction in formal meditation sitting practice. The outcome was measured with multiple previously standardized instruments designed to assess meditation states, well-being, and spirituality.
A repeated-measures analysis of variance showed statistically significant differences between the treatment and control groups for all parameters measured. In addition, the meditative state measure suggested qualities consistent with deep meditation experiences. The results justify further investigation of the technique as a rapid spiritual intervention tool particularly for clients facing end-of-life issues.
检验一种基于禅宗对话的新方法能否在精神、冥想和幸福感参数方面带来显著改善这一假设。
采用前测-后测设计，参与者被随机分配到禅宗中心的治疗组或非治疗组。每组有14名女性和2名男性，他们之前均未接受过正规的禅宗或冥想训练。治疗组的参与者与一位经验丰富的禅宗教师进行了为期1天的密集互动，采用对话方法诱导深度冥想状态，而不进行正式的冥想坐姿练习指导。结果通过多个先前标准化的工具进行测量，这些工具旨在评估冥想状态、幸福感和精神性。
重复测量方差分析显示，治疗组和对照组在所有测量参数上存在统计学上的显著差异。此外，冥想状态测量表明具有与深度冥想体验一致的特质。结果证明该技术作为一种快速的精神干预工具值得进一步研究，特别是对于面临临终问题的患者。
