Online Training of Empathic Attunement to Affect: the Impact of Compassion
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 132
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Expressed Empathy Inventory
Study Overview
Brief Summary
TThis research wants to observe the effectiveness of an Empathic attunement online training program for psychologists. This training is based on emotion-focused therapy.
The present research has one main objective and two secondary objectives. The main objective of is to explore the impact of compassion training as a facilitator of empathic attunement training. For this reason, an experimental design will be conducted, randomly assigning therapists to two training programs on empathy, one of them accompanied by compassion training and the other accompanied by focusing training.
Secondary objectives:
- To validate in Spanish three empathy measures, the empathic understanding subscale from Barrett-Lennard´s relational inventory, Watson´s Observation of expressed empathy measure and the empathy subscale made from the Sussex-Oxford Compassion for Others Scale.
- To explore patient variables related to empathy perception, especially the role of self-critic.
Detailed Description
This research wants to observe the effectiveness of an Empathic attunement online training program for psychologists. This training is based on emotion-focused therapy.
The present research has one main objective and two secondary objectives. The main objective of is to explore the impact of compassion training as a facilitator of empathic attunement training. For this reason, an experimental design will be conducted, randomly assigning therapists to two training programs on empathy, one of them accompanied by compassion training and the other accompanied by focusing training.
Secondary objectives:
- To validate in Spanish three empathy measures, the empathic understanding subscale from Barrett-Lennard´s relational inventory, Watson´s Observation of expressed empathy measure and the empathy subscale made from the Sussex-Oxford Compassion for Others Scale (SOCS-O).
- To explore patient variables related to empathy perception, especially the role of self-critic.
Detailed Description
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Psychologists with experience in psychotherapy (at least one client)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous empathic attunement training
- •Previous Compassion training
- •Previous Focusing training
Arms & Interventions
Compassion and Empathic Attunement to Affect
Empathic Attunement to Affect is based on Emotion-Focused Therapy. Compassion training program is based on Compassion Cultivation Training, CCT
Intervention: Empathic Attunement to Affect Training (Behavioral)
Compassion and Empathic Attunement to Affect
Empathic Attunement to Affect is based on Emotion-Focused Therapy. Compassion training program is based on Compassion Cultivation Training, CCT
Intervention: Compassion Training (Behavioral)
Focusing and Empathic Attunement to Affect
Empathic Attunement to Affect is based on Emotion-Focused Therapy. Focusing training program is based on Focusing-Oriented Therapy
Intervention: Empathic Attunement to Affect Training (Behavioral)
Focusing and Empathic Attunement to Affect
Empathic Attunement to Affect is based on Emotion-Focused Therapy. Focusing training program is based on Focusing-Oriented Therapy
Intervention: Focusing Oriented Therapy Training (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Expressed Empathy Inventory
Time Frame: 20 minutes
Watson, 1999. Scores range from 0 to 9, with higher values reflecting higher empathy
Cognitive and affective empathy test
Time Frame: 5 minutes
TECA; López-Pérez, Fernández-Pinto and Abad, 2008. Scores range from 33 to 132, with higher values reflecting higher empathy.
Interpersonal reactivity index
Time Frame: 5 minutes
IRI; Davis, 1980. Scores range from 28 to 140, with higher values reflecting higher empathy.
Empathic Understanding of Relationship Inventory
Time Frame: 3 minutes
EU; Barrett-Lennard (1986). Scores range from -48 to 48, with higher values reflecting higher empathy
Secondary Outcomes
- Self-Compassion Scale(5 minutes)
- Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire(5 minutes)
- Compassion scales of Sussex-Oxford(5 minutes)