Compassion-Focused Therapy for People With Severe Obesity: A Randomised Controlled Study.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 91
- 主要终点
- Self-compassion
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to explore the effectiveness of a group psychotherapy intervention using Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) in adults with severe obesity. In particular, it aims to evaluate the principle that CFT can be used to reduce levels of shame and self-criticism in adults with severe obesity
OBJECTIVES:
The objective of the current study is to assess and compare a CFT group intervention to Treatment as Usual (TAU) with regard to psychological functioning, specifically self-compassion, shame, self-criticism, emotional eating and mood.
详细描述
Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) was specifically designed for people with high levels of shame, self-criticism and self-directed hostility by helping people to cultivate affiliative emotions and compassion.The current research aims to explore changes in levels of self-criticism, shame, submissive behaviour, and self-comparison in a severely obese population who are awaiting bariatric surgery. As depression symptoms and levels of emotional eating can interfere with bariatric surgery success, these constructs are included as secondary outcomes for research.
Research questions
The research was guided by the following research questions and hypotheses:
- Does CFT significantly improve levels of self-compassion and social comparison?
Hypotheses:
- It was hypothesised that CFT would show significant improvements in comparison to TAU on self-compassion and social comparison variables.
- It was hypothesised that these improvements would be maintained at 3 months follow up.
- Is CFT effective in reducing levels of shame, self-criticism and submissive behaviour for people who are severely obese?
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Clients are randomly assigned to one of two groups, Treatment as Usual (TAU) or Compassion-focused therapy plus Treatment as Usual (CFT). The outcomes assessor is blind to which of the two groups participants are assigned to.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participant has a clinical diagnosis of Severe Obesity, as defined by a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 kg/m² or more
- •Participant is aged 18 years or older
- •Participant is not in receipt of psychological interventions at the time of randomisation to group
排除标准
- •Participant has insufficient English language ability to take part in the group and complete questionnaires
结局指标
主要结局
Self-compassion
时间窗: 6 months
The Self-Compassion Scale, Short Form (SCS-SF). This is a 12-item self-report measure, developed by Neff (2003).
次要结局
- Social Comparison(6 months)
- Shame(6 months)
- Self-criticism(6 months)
- Submissive Behaviour(6 months)
研究者
Mary Hynes
Mary Hynes, Senior Clinical Psychologist
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland