Hu Zhengyu, Wen Yurong, Wang Yafei, Lin Yangyang, Shi Jian, Yu Zihan, Lin Youtian, Wang Yuling
Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang, China.
Rehabilitation Medicine Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Oct 20;13:992575. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992575. eCollection 2022.
Empathy is essential for human survival and social interaction. Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been used to improve empathy in healthy populations, its therapeutic efficacy remains unknown. This study aims to investigate the therapeutic effects of MBIs on empathy in a healthy population and the potential factors affecting the efficacy of MBIs. The literature search focused on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and CNKI from inception to September 2022. Randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies reporting the effects of using MBIs on empathy in healthy populations were included. A total of 13 studies were included in this review. Results of the meta-analysis showed that MBIs improved empathy (SMD, 0.372, 95% CI, 0.164-0.579, = 0.001) in the healthy population compared with that in the control group. Moreover, results of the subgroup analysis showed that intervention dose (over 24 h vs. under 24 h), format (online vs. offline), and types (different types) were important factors affecting treatment outcomes. This comprehensive review suggests that MBIs are effective treatment for empathy in healthy population. Future research should markedly focus on large-sample, rigorously designed experiments to explore the long-term effects of MBIs on empathy and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of MBIs. This study provides a reference for the daily application of MBIs.
共情对于人类生存和社交互动至关重要。尽管基于正念的干预措施（MBIs）已被用于提高健康人群的共情能力，但其治疗效果仍不明确。本研究旨在探讨MBIs对健康人群共情能力的治疗效果以及影响MBIs疗效的潜在因素。文献检索集中在从创刊至2022年9月的PubMed、Embase、科学网、考克兰图书馆和中国知网。纳入了报告使用MBIs对健康人群共情能力影响的随机对照试验和准实验研究。本综述共纳入13项研究。荟萃分析结果显示，与对照组相比，MBIs提高了健康人群的共情能力（标准化均值差，0.372，95%置信区间，0.164 - 0.579，P = 0.001）。此外，亚组分析结果表明，干预剂量（超过24小时与不足24小时）、形式（在线与离线）和类型（不同类型）是影响治疗效果的重要因素。这一全面综述表明，MBIs是治疗健康人群共情能力的有效方法。未来研究应显著聚焦于大样本、设计严谨的实验，以探索MBIs对共情能力的长期影响，并阐明MBIs的潜在机制。本研究为MBIs的日常应用提供了参考。
