Mindfulness, Compassion and Self-compassion

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Health Issue
• Interventions: Behavioral: 8-week mindfulness program

• Registration Number: NCT05046691
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

Teachers in Hong Kong are susceptible to professional stress and its associated psychosomatic illnesses. To enhance teachers' well-being, mindfulness training is conducted in local schools. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to explore 1) the relationship between mindfulness, common humanity, self-compassion, compassion, and well-being of school teachers; 2) whether mindfulness and common humanity are the antecedents of self-compassion and compassion; 3) the conditions under which compassion and self-compassion are highly correlated. Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete an online survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-08
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-16
• Study Start: 2021-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-04-30
• Study Completion: 2022-04-30
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 328

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged 18 years old or above
• Working in local schools or education institutions
• Willing to participate in mindfulness training voluntarily

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Exclusion Criteria

• Experiencing severe or unstable mental health condition currently
• Completed 8-week mindfulness training previously
• Unwilling to go by random assignment

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	8-week mindfulness program	8-week .b Foundations course

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in General Health	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Stress	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Positive affect	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Common humanity	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	Common Humanity scale, 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Self-compassion	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	Self-compassion scale, 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Negative affect	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Mindfulness	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Compassion	Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention	Compassion scale, 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jockey Club "Peace and Awareness" Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong