Clinical trial NCT04978792: Does Cultivating Self-compassion Improve Resilience to Criticism and Improve Mental Health in Adults With ADHD?
Official title: Does Cultivating Self-compassion Improve Resilience to Criticism and Improve Mental Health in Adults With ADHD?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: ADHD
Depression
Stress
Self-Criticism
Anxiety
Wellbeing
Self-compassion
Keywords: self-compassion
criticism
ADHD
mental health
Lead sponsor: University of Sheffield
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-07-27
Enrollment: 114
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aims to investigate the effect that increasing levels of self-compassion may have on levels of perceived criticism, self-criticism, and mental health of adults with ADHD. A secondary aim of the study is to capture how feasible using an online self-guided self-compassion practice maybe with people with ADHD.

Research Questions

1. Does a short self-guided self-compassion intervention increase levels of state and/or trait self-compassion in adults with ADHD over time?
2. Are changes in state and/or trait self-compassion associated with changes in levels of self-criticism or perceived criticism?
3. Are changes in state and/or trait self-compassion associated with improvements in mental health?
4. Are changes in mental health mediated by changes in self-criticism or perceived criticism?


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-report a formal diagnosis of ADHD
* Scores on the Adult ADHD Self Report Questionnaire (ASRS) meet the clinical cut-off.
* No previous engagement with self-compassion interventions/practice

Exclusion Criteria:

* No previous experiences of trauma.
* No PTSD
* No personality disorder

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in trait Self-compassion
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
measure: Change in state self-compassion
timeFrame: 4x a week after intervention exercise complete.
measure: Change in Perceived Criticism
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
measure: Change in wellbeing
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
measure: Change in Depression
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
measure: Change in Anxiety
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
measure: Change in Stress
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
measure: ADHD severity
timeFrame: Baseline.
measure: Changes in self-criticism
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Fear of compassion
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Acceptability of the Intervention
timeFrame: Immediately following intervention end
measure: Change in daily Mood
timeFrame: Prior to each intervention session
measure: Change in ADHD trait severity
timeFrame: Baseline. Immediately following intervention end point. One month (4 weeks) following intervention end point.
measure: Perfectionism
timeFrame: Baseline.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sheffield
country: United Kingdom
facility: The University of Sheffield
state: South Yorkshire
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