Implicit Bias refers to beliefs or attitudes toward a group of people that are outside of one's conscious thinking.

Implicit Bias

Participants who practiced lovingkindness meditation showed significantly less implicit intergroup bias toward Black people and Homeless people at the end of the 6-week intervention compared to the baseline survey before the intervention.

Lovingkindness Meditation Practice Interventions to Reduce Implicit Intergroup Bias 

Lovingkindness meditation practice has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing social biases toward culturally stigmatized groups such as Black people and homeless people. 

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- Racial minorities
- Homeless population
- Psychological therapists in training

Populations that Benefit from Lovingkindness Meditation

Kang, Y., Gray, J. R., & Dovidio, J. F. (2014). The nondiscriminating heart: Lovingkindness meditation training decreases implicit intergroup bias. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(3), 1306–1313. 

The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias

Impacts of Lovingkindness Meditation on Intergroup Biases toward Black and Homeless Populations

 A previous study has investigated how LKM practice could change the way trainee therapists relate to themselves, others, and their clinical work.

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