慈悲冥想是一种起源于佛教的冥想技术，旨在培养人们的亲社会态度，并具有提升幸福感、改善心理健康等效果。近年来，研究者们一直在探索如何使冥想发挥尽可能大的效果，而音乐因其在情绪调节方面的功能备受研究者们的青睐。在本研究中，通过结合慈悲冥想和音乐作为干预手段，以线上自助的参与方式探索了其对个体心理健康以及对员工职场心理问题的影响。
研究一采用两因素混合实验设计，考察了无音乐、唤起低唤醒积极情绪(如平静、放松)的音乐与唤起亲社会积极情绪(如爱、感恩)的音乐对慈悲冥想单次练习的影响，实验设计包括六种不同的条件顺序，每个参与者都经历了三种条件，为了控制顺序效应，条件的顺序在参与者间进行了平衡安排。对 200 份样本(年龄:31.68 ± 6.14;女性:187 人)进行分析，结果显示加入音乐能够为冥想练习者带来更多的低唤醒积极情绪和亲社会积极情绪，并且在总体上不会改变冥想练习的难度。
研究二采用随机控制实验设计，将 579 名员工(年龄:30.88 ± 5.20;女性:539 人)随机分配至仅慈悲冥想组、融合组(即慈悲冥想加音乐组)以及等待组，讨论音乐对慈悲冥想干预的影响、慈悲冥想对工作场所变量的影响及背后的干预机制。结果表明慈悲冥想干预可以显著提升职场员工的积极情绪、自我同情和工作满意度水平，显著缓解职业倦怠，且积极情绪和自我同情对职业倦怠和工作满意度的改善起中介作用，而并未发现慈悲冥想对亲社会动机的影响，也未发现音乐在干预过程中的额外帮助。
总体而言，音乐对慈悲冥想单次练习起到了促进作用，但对多周干预没有起到额外作用。慈悲冥想干预对工作场所变量产生了积极的效果，积极情绪和自我同情在其中起中介作用。这项研究为慈悲冥想对工作场所的实际应用提供了实证支持，并为未来的研究者们提供了探索音乐对慈悲冥想作用的方向。未来的研究者们可以进一步探索音乐对于慈悲冥想的作用，以及探索对职场人群更具有针对性的干预策略，以便更好地指导慈悲冥想的实际应用。

Loving-kindness  meditation  (LKM)  is  a  meditation  technique  originating  from Buddhism, aimed at cultivating the four immeasurable attitudes in individuals. Through long-term practice, it is believed to enhance happiness and improve mental well-being, producing positive effects in daily life. Recently, researchers have been exploring ways to increase the effectiveness of meditation, with a particular interest in the role of music in  emotional  regulation.  This  study  investigated  the  combined  effects  of  LKM  and music  as  intervention  by  having  participants  engage  in  self-guided  online  courses, examining their impact on work-related mental health.
Study  1  employed  a two-factor mixed design to investigate  the  differences  among LKM  with  no  music  (LKM-only),  LKM  plus  music  inducing  low-arousal  positive emotions  (e.g.,  calmness  and  relaxation),  and  LKM  plus  music  inducing  prosocial positive emotions (e.g., love and gratitude) during a single meditation practice session. The  analysis  involved  200  participants (Age:  31.68  ±  6.14;  Female:  187). The  results demonstrated that adding music could bring about more low-arousal positive emotions and  prosocial  positive  emotions  for  practitioners  without  significantly  altering  the overall difficulty of the meditation practice.
Study 2 utilized a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) design, randomly assigning 579  employees  (Age:  30.88  ±  5.20;  Female:  539)  to  the  LKM-only  group,  the  LKM plus music group, and the passive control group. The study explored the effects of music on LKM, the impact of LKM on psychological factors for workplace mental health, and the underlying intervention mechanisms. The findings indicated that LKM significantly increased positive emotions, self-compassion and job satisfaction among employees. It also effectively alleviated levels of job burnout. Positive emotions and self-compassion played mediating roles in the improvement of job burnout and job satisfaction. However, no  significant  impact  of  LKM  on  prosocial  motivation  was  observed.  Additionally, there  was  no  additive  effect  of  the  components  when  adding  music  during  the intervention process.
In conclusion, music had a facilitating effect on a single session of LKM but did not  show  additional  benefits  for  a  multi-week  LKM  intervention.  LKM  intervention yielded positive effects on employee mental well-being, mediated by positive emotions and self-compassion. This study provides empirical support for the practical application of LKM in the workplace and offers directions for future research on the role of music in  LKM.  Future  researchers  may  further  explore  the  impact  of  music  on  LKM  and develop more targeted intervention strategies for workplace employees, providing more practical guidance to LKM.