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The Self-healing Power of Meditation and

Its Effects on Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Well-being
Su-jane Yang Pang-chieh Lin Shiang-ying Shen

ABSTRACT:
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 the
self-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 meditation
and 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:1The 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.2The 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

Su-jane Yang, Practice Counseler, Counseling Center, Yu Da College of Business

Pang-chieh Lin, Professor, Department of Educational PsychologyCounseling,
Ming Chuan University
Shiang-ying Shen, Associate Professor, Department of Child Care & Education,
Yu Da College of Business

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based on the above results that can be used for professional consulting,
medical institution, human resource units and future researches.

Keywords: meditation, self-healing power, stress, depression, anxiety, well-being

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WHO
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Ludsin, 2004
Goldstein & Kornfield, 1987; Kabat-Zinn, 2005; Schmidt,
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relaxation response
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