禪坐之自我療癒力及其對壓力、憂鬱、焦慮與幸福感影響之研究

The Self-healing Power of Meditation and Its Effects on Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Well-being

楊淑貞(Su-jane Yang) ； 林邦傑(Pang-chieh Lin) ； 沈湘縈(Shiang-ying Shen)

《玄奘佛學研究》 7期 (2007/07) Pp. 63-103

https://doi.org/10.29955/HCJBS.200707.0003

摘要

本研究旨在探討禪坐之自我療癒力及其對壓力、憂鬱、焦慮與幸福感之影響，研究者由禪坐相關研究文獻歸納整合出自我療癒力之構念，並根據研究目的與假設，編製相關量表，以禪坐者樣本251 人，非禪坐者263 人，共514 人，進行調查研究。本研究分析顯示自我療癒力有四個主要因素：1.正念，2. 慈悲，3.安定，4.覺察。本研究主要發現如下：（1） 禪坐者的自我療癒力與幸福感皆較無禪坐者為高，而禪坐者之壓力、憂鬱與焦慮則較無禪坐者為低。（2） 結構方程模式分析顯示禪坐所產生的自我療癒力可降低壓力並提高幸福感，且自我療癒力透過對壓力的影響，同時降低憂鬱與焦慮並提高幸福感。研究者根據研究結果提出建議，作為諮商專業、醫療機構、人力資源與未來學術研究之參考。

關鍵字

禪坐 ； 自我療癒力 ； 壓力 ； 憂鬱 ； 焦慮 ； 幸福感

並列摘要

This study is aimed to explore the self-healing power of meditation and its effects on stress, depression, anxiety and well-being. The researcher reviews the literature related to mediation and proposes the concept of theself-healing power. Then, the hypotheses and measurement scales are developed according to the study aim. The data of 514 cases used in this study consist of 251 cases in the meditation group that practice meditationand 263 cases in the non-meditation group that do not practice meditation.The results of explanatory factor analysis show four major factors for the self-healing power, 1. mindfulness, 2. kindness, 3. stability, and 4.awareness. The major results are summarized as follows:（1）The cases in the meditation group have higher scales of self-healing power, lower scales of stress, lower scales of depression, and higher scales of well-being than those in the non-meditation group.（2）The structural equation modeling （SEM）for the self-healing power, stress, depression, anxiety and well-being fit in the collected data. The path analysis shows the following results. The self-healing power can reduce the stress and increase the well-being.Through the reduction of stress, the self-healing power can reduce the depression and increase the well-being. The researcher proposes suggestions based on the above results that can be used for professional consulting, medical institution, human resource units and future researches.

並列關鍵字

meditation ； self-healing power ； stress ； depression ； anxiety ； well-being

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