Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Illinois State University, Normal.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2018 Feb 6;27(1):192-206. doi: 10.1044/2017_AJSLP-17-0060.
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of a daily mindfulness practice and 2 types of journaling on participants' development of self-compassion.
This was a between-groups design. All participants in a graduate counseling course engaged in a short daily mindfulness practice at the beginning of every class. Participants were randomly assigned to a counseling journal or a gratitude journal group. Participants were to write in their journals 2 to 5 times a week for the duration of the class. Participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003) and a questionnaire created by the 1st author before any mindfulness sessions were held and again at the completion of the course.
Participants' level of self-compassion increased from pretest to posttest. The self-compassion scores of participants who kept counseling journals increased more than did those of participants who kept gratitude journals. Qualitative data indicated that participants believed that mindfulness was an important quality for clinicians to possess and that they were accepting of the daily mindfulness practice.
Engaging in a 12-min daily mindfulness practice utilizing simple yoga postures, breath work, reflective writing, and journaling done at a separate time appears to be an effective technique for increasing students' levels of self-compassion. Maintaining a counseling journal as opposed to a gratitude journal appears to enhance the effect of the daily mindfulness practice on self-compassion.
本研究旨在探讨每日正念练习和两种类型的日记写作对参与者自我同情发展的影响。
这是一个分组设计。研究生咨询课程的所有参与者在每节课开始时都进行简短的日常正念练习。参与者被随机分配到咨询日记或感恩日记组。在课程期间，参与者每周要在日记中写 2 到 5 次。参与者在进行任何正念课程之前和课程结束时完成自我同情量表（Neff，2003）和由第一作者创建的问卷。
参与者的自我同情水平从前测到后测都有所提高。写咨询日记的参与者的自我同情得分比写感恩日记的参与者提高得更多。定性数据表明，参与者认为正念是临床医生应该具备的重要素质，并且他们接受每日的正念练习。
每天进行 12 分钟的正念练习，利用简单的瑜伽姿势、呼吸练习、反思性写作和单独时间的日记写作，似乎是提高学生自我同情水平的有效方法。与写感恩日记相比，写咨询日记似乎增强了每日正念练习对自我同情的影响。
