Hong Mei, Liang Dapeng, Lu Teng, Liu Shengchen
School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Aug 2;14:1213089. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1213089. eCollection 2023.
Digital mindfulness-based interventions (d-MBIs) have garnered significant research interest in recent years due to their psychological benefits. However, little is known about their impact on prosocial behaviors. This study investigates how d-MBIs impact prosocial behaviors where time spent is money, with Chinese adolescents as the subjects, through an online charity task (www.freerice.com). 119 students from a high school in China, who were inexperienced with mindfulness meditation, participated in this randomized controlled trial. The d-MBI group ( = 39) received online MBI guidance, while the face-to-face mindfulness-based intervention (f-MBI, = 43) group underwent mindfulness intervention under personal tutors. The active control group ( = 37) completed a crossword task. Data analysis first involved repeated measures variance analysis, including pre-and post-intervention assessments. Subsequently, a two-way variance analysis was performed, with gender (female and male) and group (d-MBI, f-MBI, active control) as independent variables and the number of grains as dependent variables for the three groups of participants. Results showed that d-MBIs effectively improved empathy and compassion in Chinese adolescents, leading to increased rice donations to the United Nations World Food Program. These results underscore the positive effect of d-MBIs on prosociality and suggest their applicability in beneficial real-world situations involving prosocial behaviors, extending beyond previous research primarily conducted in artificial and hypothetical scenarios.
近年来，基于数字技术的正念干预（d-MBIs）因其心理益处而引起了广泛的研究关注。然而，人们对其对亲社会行为的影响知之甚少。本研究以中国青少年为研究对象，通过在线慈善任务（www.freerice.com），调查了d-MBIs在时间即金钱的情境下如何影响亲社会行为。来自中国一所高中的119名从未进行过正念冥想的学生参与了这项随机对照试验。d-MBI组（n = 39）接受在线MBI指导，而面对面正念干预（f-MBI，n = 43）组在私人导师的指导下进行正念干预。积极对照组（n = 37）完成填字游戏任务。数据分析首先涉及重复测量方差分析，包括干预前后的评估。随后，进行了双向方差分析，将性别（女性和男性）和组别（d-MBI、f-MBI、积极对照）作为自变量，将谷物数量作为三组参与者的因变量。结果表明，d-MBIs有效提高了中国青少年的同理心和同情心，从而增加了向联合国世界粮食计划署捐赠大米的数量。这些结果强调了d-MBIs对亲社会行为的积极影响，并表明它们在涉及亲社会行为的有益现实世界情境中的适用性，超越了以往主要在人工和假设情境中进行的研究。
