OBJECTIVE Kindness-based meditation (KBM) is a rubric covering meditation techniques developed to elicit kindness in a conscious way. Some techniques, for example, loving-kindness meditation and compassion meditation, have been included in programs aimed at improving health and well-being. Our aim was to systematically review and meta-analyze the evidence available from randomized controlled tr...

Mate preferences are the outputs of psychological mechanisms designed to motivate people to pursue potential mates who possess particular qualities. Preferred features range widely. They include morphological (e.g., face or body shape), behavioral (e.g., kindness or dominance), or social (e.g., status or connections) attributes. Mate preferences can be species typical, sex differentiated, indiv...

To counter the implications of fast academia, recent discourse has conceptualized slow movement as a catalyst for humanizing academy. Concurrently, there have been increased advocacy pedagogical kindness within educational settings. This paper focuses on human(e) elements learning and teaching, such empathy, kindness, compassion. Whilst emphasis in frequently placed hardware software teaching p...

UNLABELLED Self-criticism is a vulnerability risk factor for a number of psychological disorders, and it predicts poor response to psychological and pharmacological treatments. In the current study, we evaluated the efficacy of a loving-kindness meditation (LKM) programme designed to increase self-compassion in a sample of self-critical individuals. Thirty-eight individuals with high scores on ...

BACKGROUND In the third molar surgery, it is important to focus not only on surgical skills, but also on patient satisfaction. Classically studies have been focused on surgery and surgeon's empathy, but there are non-surgical factors that may influence patient satisfaction. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed on 100 patients undergoing surgical extractions of impacted m...

Spiritual practices are gaining an increasingly wider audience as a means to enhance positive affect in healthy individuals and to treat neurological disorders such as anxiety and depression. The current study aimed to examine the neural correlates of two different forms of love generated by spiritual practices using EEG; love generated during a loving kindness meditation performed by Buddhist ...

Kindness can strengthen your employer brand. The business environment is changing, and the value of kindness in corporate world garnering increased attention. Paying it forward a way to pass acts on others. This allows employees partners go above beyond formal expectations that not only benefit individuals involved but also businesses they represent. potentially create competitive advantage for...

UNLABELLED Although self-compassion is considered a promising change agent in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), no studies of this hypothesis exist. This study examined the within-person relationship of self-compassion components (self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, self-judgment, isolation, over-identification) and subsequent PTSD symptoms over the course of thera...

The purpose of this reflective essay was to explore the literature on educators that employ kindness as an approach pedagogy in higher education. Through a series reflections, we then considered how using teaching philosophy guided by influenced learners’ lives, enhanced their social consciousness, and facilitated meaningful learning. To begin, summarized research reports from peer-reviewed jou...