Assessing the effect of Loving-Kindness Meditation on pain and social well-being using a randomized controlled trial design

• Olivia Young,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Katherine O’Connell ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: kmo52@georgetown.edu

  Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9649-9007

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• Naomi Nero,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7941-1482

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• Melinda C. Somers,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Paige A. Freeburg,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6229-8314

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• Mary Ann Dutton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Abigail A. Marsh

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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