Halamová Júlia, Kanovský Martin, Pačutová Alexandra, Kupeli Nuriye
Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Institute of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Eur J Psychol. 2020 May 29;16(2):262-279. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v16i2.1683. eCollection 2020 May.
Compassion Mind Training (CMT) is a therapeutic approach to guide highly self-critical individuals to generate compassion. The goal was to probe the efficacy of a short-term, online version of the CMT on self-compassion and self-criticism in a non-clinical population. We conducted a randomized controlled trial with pre-, post-measurements and two-month follow-up. Out of 144 randomly allocated participants 26 and 20 of those allocated to the intervention and control groups, respectively, completed the follow-up measures. The intervention group was instructed through email to practice a different CMT exercise every day for 13 consecutive days. There was a significant effect of the intervention on self-criticism, especially Hated-self and the Self-uncompassionate responding. The CMT group reported a reduction in negative thoughts and feelings with effects present at the two-month follow-up. There was no significant effect of the intervention on self-reassurance and self-compassion. Self-criticism is amenable to change following a short-term online intervention of CMT delivered to a non-clinical population with effects lasting at least two months. These findings are promising and suggest that interventions designed to reduce self-criticism can be provided to broader populations without direct involvement of mental health professionals.
慈悲心训练（CMT）是一种引导高度自我批评的个体产生慈悲心的治疗方法。其目的是探究短期在线版CMT对非临床人群的自我慈悲和自我批评的效果。我们进行了一项有前后测量和两个月随访的随机对照试验。在144名随机分配的参与者中，分别有26名和20名被分配到干预组和对照组的参与者完成了随访测量。干预组通过电子邮件被指导连续13天每天练习一种不同的CMT练习。干预对自我批评有显著影响，尤其是对“恨自己”和“自我不慈悲反应”。CMT组报告消极思想和情绪有所减少，且在两个月随访时仍有效果。干预对自我安慰和自我慈悲没有显著影响。在对非临床人群进行短期在线CMT干预后，自我批评是可以改变的，且效果至少持续两个月。这些发现很有前景，表明旨在减少自我批评的干预措施可以在没有心理健康专业人员直接参与的情况下提供给更广泛的人群。
