Single Session Intervention for Building Self-Compassion Habits-RCT
- Conditions
- Transdiagnostic Psychopathology
- Registration Number
- NCT05199779
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
- Brief Summary
The study will test a single session self-compassion intervention that leverages an ultra-brief contemplative exercise. It will evaluate the effect of this intervention on psychopathology, stress, growth mindset, positive affect, self-compassion and the automaticity of self-compassion, as well as the relationships between these constructs and the automaticity of self-compassion. The participants will be undergraduate students at a large public university.
- Detailed Description
The broad aims of the proposed research is to examine the outcomes of a single session psychological intervention and to further understand processes and factors associated with habit formation. undergraduate students at a large university will be randomly assigned to a self-compassion intervention (SCI), or an active control (AC), and complete assessments at baseline (pre-treatment) and 4 weeks later (post-treatment).
The investigators seek to examine the following: (A1) Determine whether the group who receives the SCI, relative to the AC, will experience increased self-compassion, growth mindset and positive affect, as well as reduced stress and psychopathology. (A2) Evaluate whether the SCI group shows greater increases in automaticity of self-compassion compared to the AC pre- to post-treatment. (A3) Assess whether greater pre- to post-treatment increases in automaticity of self-compassionate are associated with increased self-compassion, growth mindset, and positive affect, as well as reductions in stress and psychopathology.
The investigators hypothesize the following: (H1) SCI will promote greater increases in self-compassion, growth mindset, and positive affect, as well as greater reductions in stress and psychopathology from pre- to post-treatment, relative to AC. (H2) The SCI group will show greater increases in the automaticity of self-compassion than AC from pre- to post-treatment. (H3) Greater increases in the automaticity of self-compassion from pre- to post-treatment will be predicted by greater increases in self-compassion, growth mindset, and positive affect, as well as greater decreases in psychopathology and stress, from pre- to post treatment. To further understand the results obtained, the investigators will evaluate participants' frequency, adherence, and impressions of using the intervention.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 135
- 18 years of age or older.
- English language proficiency.
- Able and willing to give informed consent.
- Does not have email address or access to email.
- Not able/willing to participate in and/or complete the pre-treatment assessments
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 10 items with a 6 point response scale. Positive affect sub-scale only.
Scoring:
Positive Affect Score: Sum score of 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, and 19. Scores range from 10 - 50. Higher scores = higher levels of positive affect.
Negative Affect Score: Sum score of 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, and 20. Scores range from 10 - 50. Lower scores = lower levels of negative affect.DSM-5 Cross-Cutting Measure (DSM-XC) Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 22 items (suicidality item Q11 removed). 5-point scale (0=none or not at all; 1=slight or rare, less than a day or two; 2=mild or several days; 3=moderate or more than half the days; and 4=severe or nearly every day).
Kind of Person' Implicit Theory Scale (KOPITS) Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 8 items. 6-point response scale (1 = strongly agree; 6 = strongly disagree) Higher scores indicate a more growth mindset. Lower scores indicate a more fixed mindset.
Score is sum of all items, with Q3, Q5, Q7, and Q8 reverse-scored. The formula for reverse-scoring an item is: ((Number of scale points) + 1) - (Respondent's answer)Self-Report Behavioral Automaticity Index for Self-Compassion Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 20 items. 1-9 scale.
Sussex-Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale (SOCS-S) Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) Sum of 20-item, 5-point response scale. Scores can range from 20 to 100 (Higher score means higher compassion for self).
Sub-scale items included.10-item Perceived-Stress Scale (PSS-10) Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 10 items, 5 point response scale (from 0 = Never to 4 = Very Often)
Scoring: Reverse score (e.g., 0 = 4, 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1 \& 4 = 0) items 4, 5, 7, \& 8 and then summing across all scale items.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-Report Behavioral Automaticity Index for Exercise Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 4 items. 1-9 scale.
State Self-Compassion Scale Long Form (SSCS-L) Change from pre-induction to post-induction at baseline and at post-treatment (week 4). Change in pre to post-induction changes in state self-compassion from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 9 items. 1-5 scale. Scores range from 9-45. Mindfulness, common humanity, and self-kindness sub-scales only.
Real Self Overlap Scale Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4) 1 item. 1-8 scale.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of California at Berkeley
🇺🇸Berkeley, California, United States
University of California at Berkeley🇺🇸Berkeley, California, United States