老年泰国佛教冥想修行者的死亡沉思和精神健康
Alla Glushich1, Justin DeMaranville1, Tinakon Wongpakaran1,2
1Mental Health Program, Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Narra J
|February 26, 2026
概括
泰国的佛教死亡沉思实践与老年人抑郁症的减少有关. 通过冥想培养积极的死亡态度是这种人群心理健康和感恩的关键.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 佛教研究 佛教研究
背景情况:
- 抑郁症在东南亚的老年人中很常见,通常与对死亡的恐惧有关.
- 佛教的死亡沉思实践可能会增强对死亡的接受,并支持心理健康.
- 这些做法对老年泰国佛教冥想修行者的影响尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究死亡沉思实践,积极的死亡态度和心理结果 (福祉,抑郁,感恩) 之间的关系.
- 检查老年泰国佛教冥想修行者之间的这些关联.
主要方法:
- 与泰国北部332名老年泰国佛教冥想修炼者进行的截面研究.
- 经过验证的调查问卷评估了死亡态度 (MoQ),死亡沉思 (MMEQ),福祉 (WHO-5-T),抑郁 (OI-21) 和感恩 (GI-6).
- 用描述性统计,皮尔森相关性和ANCOVA进行分析.
主要成果:
- 沉思死亡的实践与抑郁症 (p=0.011) 有负面关联,但与幸福感或感恩感没有显著关联.
- 积极的死亡态度与较低的抑郁症,更高的幸福感和更高的感恩感强烈相关 (p<0.001).
- 积极的死亡态度似乎调解了沉思和抑郁之间的关系.
结论:
- 通过沉思实践培养的积极死亡态度,对于老年泰国佛教冥想修行者的心理健康至关重要.
- 这些发现凸显了将佛教沉思实践融入老年佛教群体的干预措施,以改善心理健康的潜力.
- 通过冥想培养对死亡的接受,提供了一种文化相关的方法来提高老年人的幸福感.
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