Circling Science

Insight Dialogue: Investigation of a Relational Meditation Practice

Zed David Kramer · 2015

Evidence
Before-and-after study
Kind
PhD thesis
Method
Assessments before and immediately after five Insight Dialogue retreats
Sample
100 retreat participants in North America
Published
University of Montana
Practices
Insight Dialogue

Adjacent

Studies a related practice or mechanism, without testing Circling.

A retreat study found higher mindfulness, self-compassion and wellbeing after Insight Dialogue, but had no comparison group.

What it doesn’t show

Participants had chosen to attend the retreats, so they may differ from people without an existing interest in the practice. Every outcome was a self-report questionnaire, and assessments ended immediately after the retreat. Without a comparison group, changes cannot be attributed to Insight Dialogue or assumed to last.

Summary based on the university repository’s abstract. Its full-text download was inaccessible during checking.

Links

Cite

Kramer, Z. D. (2015). Insight Dialogue: Investigation of a Relational Meditation Practice [Doctoral dissertation, University of Montana]. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/4614/