Clinical trial NCT06352034: Empathy Training for Psychology Students Trainees
Official title: Effectiveness of Empathy Training Among Psychology Students Trainees: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Empathy
Lead sponsor: Peking University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-08
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of empathy training for psychology student trainees who plan to become mental health practitioners. The training consists of five sessions of psychoeducation, three-role group exercises, and Q\&A. Empathy assessment will be based on self-reported, listener-reported, and observer-reported measurements.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult male and female (aged between 18 and 65 years old)
* Major or double major in psychology
* Currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students
* Taking psychological counselor as one of the major occupational chooses

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hearing, speech, reading, or writing impairments
* A diagnosis of mental disorders
* Simultaneously participating in other emotional skills training
* Suicidal ideation or self-injurious behavior

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from counseling duration
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of 12-Item Version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from consultation willingness question inquiry
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from morphed emotion perception task
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the Measure of Empathy Scale
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the Emotion Perception Scale
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the Peking Alexithymia Scale
timeFrame: 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline of the Patient Health Questionnaire
timeFrame: 2 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale
timeFrame: 2 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline of the Peking Irritability Scale
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the the Fatigue Assessment Scale
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the the Patient Health Questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline of the Cognitive-Emotion Regulation Questionnaire
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the the Satisfaction with Life Scale
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the the Subjective Happiness Scale
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 3 month
measure: Change from Baseline of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
timeFrame: 1 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Peking
country: China
facility: Peking University
state: Beijing
Study officials:
affiliation: Study Principal Investigator Peking University
name: Yinyin Zang, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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