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Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2008 Nov;95(5):1045–1062. doi: 10.1037/a0013262

Table 2.

Impact of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Specific Positive Emotions

Emotion	Experimental condition			Week			Experimental condition × week
Emotion	Estimate	SE	p	Estimate	SE	p	Estimate	SE	p
Amusement	−0.112	0.125	.37	−0.012	0.009	.20	0.040	0.014	.003
Awe	−0.163	0.123	.19	−0.0003	0.010	.97	0.046	0.014	.001
Contentment	0.036	0.120	.76	−0.002	0.011	.83	0.043	0.016	.006
Gratitude	−0.010	0.141	.94	0.0006	0.010	.96	0.035	0.014	.01
Hope	−0.139	0.127	.28	−0.006	0.010	.55	0.044	0.015	.003
Interest	−0.421	0.136	.002	−0.022	0.011	.05	0.060	0.016	.0002
Joy	0.0005	0.124	.997	−0.013	0.010	.21	0.037	0.014	.01
Love	0.060	0.134	.66	−0.009	0.010	.33	0.036	0.014	.009
Pride	−0.249	0.1369	.07	−0.016	0.010	.15	0.048	0.014	.0008