Clinical trial NCT05199779: Single Session Intervention for Building Self-Compassion Habits-RCT
Official title: A Single Session Intervention Leveraging an Ultra-Brief Exercise for Building Self-Compassion Habits-A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Transdiagnostic Psychopathology
Keywords: Self-Compassion
Habits
Transdiagnostic
Intervention
Lead sponsor: University of California, Berkeley
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-01-20
Enrollment: 135
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participants will be randomized to the SCI or AC control using the randomizer elements in Qualtrics.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The study will test a single session self-compassion intervention that leverages an ultra-brief contemplative exercise. It will evaluate the effect of this intervention on psychopathology, stress, growth mindset, positive affect, self-compassion and the automaticity of self-compassion, as well as the relationships between these constructs and the automaticity of self-compassion. The participants will be undergraduate students at a large public university.

Detailed description: The broad aims of the proposed research is to examine the outcomes of a single session psychological intervention and to further understand processes and factors associated with habit formation. undergraduate students at a large university will be randomly assigned to a self-compassion intervention (SCI), or an active control (AC), and complete assessments at baseline (pre-treatment) and 4 weeks later (post-treatment).

The investigators seek to examine the following: (A1) Determine whether the group who receives the SCI, relative to the AC, will experience increased self-compassion, growth mindset and positive affect, as well as reduced stress and psychopathology. (A2) Evaluate whether the SCI group shows greater increases in automaticity of self-compassion compared to the AC pre- to post-treatment. (A3) Assess whether greater pre- to post-treatment increases in automaticity of self-compassionate are associated with increased self-compassion, growth mindset, and positive affect, as well as reductions in stress and psychopathology.

The investigators hypothesize the following: (H1) SCI will promote greater increases in self-compassion, growth mindset, and positive affect, as well as greater reductions in stress and psychopathology from pre- to post-treatment, relative to AC. (H2) The SCI group will show greater increases in the automaticity of self-compassion than AC from pre- to post-treatment. (H3) Greater increases in the automaticity of self-compassion from pre- to post-treatment will be predicted by greater increases in self-compassion, growth mindset, and positive affect, as well as greater decreases in psychopathology and stress, from pre- to post treatment. To further understand the results obtained, the investigators will evaluate participants' frequency, adherence, and impressions of using the intervention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older.
* English language proficiency.
* Able and willing to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does not have email address or access to email.
* Not able/willing to participate in and/or complete the pre-treatment assessments

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sussex-Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale (SOCS-S)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Kind of Person' Implicit Theory Scale (KOPITS)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
measure: 10-item Perceived-Stress Scale (PSS-10)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
measure: DSM-5 Cross-Cutting Measure (DSM-XC)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Self-Report Behavioral Automaticity Index for Self-Compassion
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: State Self-Compassion Scale Long Form (SSCS-L)
timeFrame: Change from pre-induction to post-induction at baseline and at post-treatment (week 4). Change in pre to post-induction changes in state self-compassion from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Self-Report Behavioral Automaticity Index for Exercise
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Real Self Overlap Scale
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-treatment (week 4)
Other outcomes:
measure: Practice Frequency
timeFrame: Assessed at Post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Overall Practice Frequency
timeFrame: Assessed at Post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Practice Duration
timeFrame: Assessed at Post-treatment (week 4)
measure: Adherence Report Scale
timeFrame: Assessed at Post-treatment (week 4)
measure: General impressions of exercise
timeFrame: Assessed at Post-treatment (week 4)
Locations:
city: Berkeley
country: United States
facility: University of California at Berkeley
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
name: Allison Harvey, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
name: Eli S Susman, BA
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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