Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in Clinical Psychiatric Rehabilitation: a Clinical Trial
- Autor(en)
- Lisza Gaiswinkler, Paul Kaufmann, Ewald Pollheimer, Andrea Ackermann, Sandra Holasek, Hans-Peter Kapfhammer, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer
- Abstrakt
Objectives: Previous research has suggested Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) as being beneficial for people dealing with a variety of mental health issues in outpatient area. Method: A clinical trial was conducted with 200 psychiatric inpatients testing the efficacy of a specially designed 6-week MSC program compared with a control intervention of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). Each session lasted 75 min and took place once a week for each of the study groups. The primary end-point was the change in the self-compassion scale (SCS) total score from pre- to post treatment. Secondary end-points included changes in the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36), the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18), and subjective feeling of happiness (single item). Results: Of the 200 randomly assigned participants, the MSC group (M = 2.90, SD = 0.5) showed a significant improvement in SCS (F(1,198) = 25.57, p <.01, η
2 = 0.11) after 6 weeks in comparison with the PMR group (M = 2.57, SD = 0.6, p >.05). Correspondingly, the MSC group stated a greater amount of happiness in comparison to the PMR group (p <.05). Furthermore, the GSI and SF-36 parameters improved in both study groups to the same extent during the 6-week treatment (p <.01). Conclusions: These preliminary data suggest the clinical applicability of MSC in psychiatric patient groups, which merits further large-scale studies.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Religionswissenschaft
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Medizinische Universität Graz, Sonnenpark Neusiedlersee Zentrum für psychosoziale Gesundheit, Verein Grüner Kreis
- Journal
- Mindfulness
- Band
- 11
- Seiten
- 374-383
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 10
- ISSN
- 1868-8527
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01171-1
- Publikationsdatum
- 02-2020
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 603910 Religionspsychologie
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Health(social science), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Applied Psychology
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/mindfulness-and-selfcompassion-in-clinical-psychiatric-rehabilitation-a-clinical-trial(24f1fe87-2581-4359-9f06-0624a201697d).html