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Alexandra Rose1, Ruth McIntyre1, Katharine A Rimes1
1King's College London,Institute of Psychiatry,Psychology and Neuroscience.
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
|June 14, 2018
Summary
This pilot study found a compassion-focused therapy intervention to be feasible and acceptable for reducing self-criticism in university students. The treatment led to significant improvements in self-criticism, mood, and self-esteem.
Area of Science:
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychotherapy Research
Background:
- Self-criticism is a transdiagnostic process linked to various psychological issues.
- University students with high self-criticism often experience significant functional impairment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a six-session compassion-focused therapy (CFT) intervention for self-critical students.
- To investigate the intervention's impact on self-criticism and related psychological outcomes.
Main Methods:
- An uncontrolled pilot study involving 23 university students with high self-criticism.
- Six weekly individual CFT sessions followed by a 2-month follow-up.
- Assessment of feasibility (recruitment, retention) and acceptability (participant feedback).
Main Results:
- The CFT intervention demonstrated feasibility and acceptability among participants.
- Statistically significant improvements were observed in self-criticism, functional impairment, mood, self-esteem, and maladaptive perfectionism.
- Effect sizes ranged from medium to large, with gains maintained or increased at follow-up.
Conclusions:
- The compassion-focused intervention shows preliminary evidence of effectiveness for self-critical students.
- The treatment approach appears feasible and acceptable.
- Further investigation in a randomized controlled trial is warranted.
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