The effect of a brief online self-compassion versus cognitive restructuring intervention on trait social anxiety

Stevenson, Jeremy; Mattiske, Julie; Nixon, Reginald D. V.

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2019.103492

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“…Another study also found that baseline self-compassion-related traits (i.e. fear of self-compassion) did not moderate the effect of a brief online self-compassion intervention on trait anxiety (Stevenson et al, 2019). It seems like The within-person relationships between self-compassion and intervention outcomes were also examined using the measures in the control period.…”

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Daily interventions and assessments: The effect of online self‐compassion meditation on psychological health

Yang

et al. 2021

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Traditional self-compassion-based interventions have been shown to be beneficial for improving psychological health. With the development of technology, online interventions accessible via smart phones start to emerge. The current study aimed to use daily assessments to investigate the effect of online daily self-compassion interventions and its improvement pattern. Sixty-five employees were recruited and completed a 4-week study. The first week was the control period; the second week and the third week were the intervention period and the fourth week was the follow-up period. Online self-compassion meditation significantly improved daily self-compassion and reduced perceived stress and emotional exhaustion, with varied changing patterns. Daily self-compassion and perceived stress did not change in the control period, then started to increase/ decline with time during the intervention period, and remained stable in the follow-up period. Daily emotional exhaustion declined with time in the control period and remained stable in the intervention and follow-up period. The intervention effects did not differ for individuals with different levels of trait self-compassion. This study shows that daily online self-compassion meditation is effective and reveals how it works. Future studies can apply this method to examine the effectiveness of other daily online interventions.

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Daily interventions and assessments: The effect of online self‐compassion meditation on psychological health

Yang

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Applied Psych Health & Well

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“…For anxiety symptoms, although the analysis of variance showed no significant time and group interaction for GAD-7, there was a significant time effect at the post-intervention period, indicating that the decrease in anxiety symptoms over time was significant. This may be caused by widespread trait anxiety among individuals during the COVID-19 epidemic ( Stevenson et al, 2019 ). The main anxiety may be easily caused or affected by life and work pressure ( Andersson et al, 2019 ; Miralles et al, 2020 ), as opposed to specific anxiety issues stemming from the epidemic.…”

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Self-help cognitive behavioral therapy application for COVID-19-related mental health problems: A longitudinal trial

Song

Jiang

Chen

et al. 2021

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

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Background and aim Recently, the availability and usefulness of mobile self-help mental health applications have increased, but few applications deal with COVID-19-related psychological problems. This study explored the intervention efficacy of a mobile application on addressing psychological problems related to COVID-19. Methods A longitudinal control trial involving 129 Chinese participants with depression symptoms was conducted through the mobile application “Care for Your Mental Health and Sleep during COVID-19” (CMSC) based on WeChat. Participants were divided into two groups: mobile internet cognitive behavioral therapy (MiCBT) and wait-list. The primary outcome was improvement in depression symptoms. Secondary outcomes included improvement in anxiety and insomnia. The MiCBT group received three self-help CBT intervention sessions in one week via CMSC. Results The MiCBT group showed significant improvement in depression and insomnia (all P < 0.05) compared with the wait-list group. Although both groups showed significant improvement in anxiety at the intervention’s end, compared with the wait-list group, the MiCBT group had no significant advantage. Correlation analysis showed that improvement in depression and anxiety had a significant positive association with education level. Changes in insomnia were significantly negatively correlated with anxiety of COVID-19 at the baseline. CMSC was considered helpful (n=68, 81.9 %) and enjoyable (n=54, 65.9 %) in relieving depression and insomnia during the COVID-19 outbreak. Conclusions CMSC is verified to be effective and convenient for improving COVID-19-related depression and insomnia symptoms. A large study with sufficient evidence is required to determine its continuous effect on reducing mental health problems during the pandemic.

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“…These values were gained through communication with the authors in order to calculate a more precise estimate of variance, in line with Borenstein et al's (2011) recommendations and formula. It was not possible to gain the correlation between measures for Stevenson et al's (2019) paper. Therefore, mean correlation between measures r values were calculated from Krieger et al (2019), Shahar et al (2015) and Sommers‐Spijkerman, Trompetter, Schreurs, and Bohlmeijer's (2018) studies when the same measures were used and inputted as substitutes.…”

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Effectiveness of self‐compassion‐related interventions for reducing self‐criticism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Wakelin

Perman

Simonds

2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Self‐criticism is the process of negative self‐evaluation. High levels are associated with psychopathology and poorer therapeutic outcomes. Self‐compassion interventions were developed to explicitly target self‐criticism. The aim of this review was to estimate the overall effect of self‐compassion‐related interventions on self‐criticism outcomes and investigate potential moderating variables. A systematic search of the literature identified 20 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that met the inclusion criteria. Nineteen papers, involving 1350 participants, had sufficient data to be included in the meta‐analysis. Pre‐ and post‐data points were extracted for the compassion and control groups. Study quality was assessed using an adapted version of the Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool, which concluded that studies were of moderate quality. Meta‐analysis findings indicated that self‐compassion‐related interventions produce a significant, medium reduction in self‐criticism in comparison with control groups (Hedges' g = 0.51, 95% CI [0.33–0.69]). Moderator analysis found greater reductions in self‐criticism when self‐compassion‐related interventions were longer and compared with passive controls rather than active. The remaining moderators of forms of self‐criticism, sample type, intervention delivery, intervention setting and risk of bias ratings were insignificant. Overall, the review provides promising evidence of the effectiveness of self‐compassion‐related interventions for reducing self‐criticism. However, results are limited by moderate quality studies with high heterogeneity. Directions for future research indicate that more RCTs with active controls, follow‐ups, consistent use and reporting of measures and diverse samples are needed.

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The effect of a brief online self-compassion versus cognitive restructuring intervention on trait social anxiety

Cited by 28 publications

References 60 publications

Daily interventions and assessments: The effect of online self‐compassion meditation on psychological health

Daily interventions and assessments: The effect of online self‐compassion meditation on psychological health

Self-help cognitive behavioral therapy application for COVID-19-related mental health problems: A longitudinal trial

Effectiveness of self‐compassion‐related interventions for reducing self‐criticism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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