A Study on the Effects of a Tea-Meditation Program on the Daily Stress of Children in Community Child Centers

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a tea-meditation program on the daily stress levels of children in community child centers in G-city, G-do. The study comprised an experimental group of 14 children and a control group of 14 students and was based on the loving-kindness and compassion tea-meditation program of Wonheo Ji-woon’s Jabi-dasun. The study covered 5 sessions of 10 classes from June 12 to July 17, 2022. A daily stress level test was conducted on all children before and after the program and the Jamovi version 2.3.18 software was used for data analysis to examine the effects of the program. The main research results were as follows: There was a significant effect (p<0.001) of the tea-meditation program on the daily stress of children in community child centers in the experimental group compared to the control group. Therefore, it may be concluded that the tea-meditation program has a positive effect on the daily stress of children in community child centers. Thus, in the future, it would be helpful to develop a tea-meditation program targeting elementary school children in various environments.