In this study, the positive effects of loving-kindness and compassion meditation practice on prejudicial
attitudes and altruism toward a minority group were examined. Thirty-two of a college students were
randomly assigned to one of three groups. Meditation group(n=10) was participated in a loving-kindness
and compassion practice program which was consisted of 6 sessions of an hour for 3 weeks. Discussion
group(n=10) participated in a discussion program in which theoretical and practical meanings of
compassion and altruism were discussed. Non-treatment group(n=12) was did nothing but participated in
two repeated measures. For measurement, the affect thermometer(Haddock, Zanna, & Esses, 1993), Ajou
Compassionate Love Scale(Gim & Shin, 2014), and a Scenario method of helping and donation(Lee, 2006)
were adopted. Results showed that the meditation practice reduced prejudicial attitude and enhanced
altruistic behavior such as helping and donation intention toward South-East Asian families in Korea
compare to discussion about the issues and non-treatment. In case of compassion for close and general
people which were measured by AJCL, the discussion group showed significant increases but the
meditation group and the non-treatnment group didn't show significant improvement of those two
measures.