The effectiveness of smartphone compassion training on stress among Swedish university students: A pilot randomized trial.
eHealth
mental health
self-compassion
smartphone application
stress
Journal
Journal of clinical psychology
ISSN: 1097-4679
Titre abrégé: J Clin Psychol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0217132
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2021
04 2021
Historique:
revised:
06
10
2020
accepted:
31
10
2020
pubmed:
28
11
2020
medline:
26
11
2021
entrez:
27
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To investigate the effects of a 6-week smartphone compassion training intervention on mental health. Fifty-seven Swedish university students (mean age = 25, SD = 5) reporting high levels of stress were randomized to compassion training (n = 23), mindfulness (n = 19), or waitlist (n = 15). Multilevel models indicated that both compassion and mindfulness training increased self-compassion compared to the waitlist, while only compassion significantly reduced stress. Between-group effect sizes for compassion compared to waitlist were large for both self-compassion (d = 1.61) and stress (d = 0.94). Compassion and mindfulness did not differ significantly, but effect sizes were in favor of compassion. Secondary outcomes indicated positive effects on emotional awareness, while no effect was found for global psychological distress. Our results suggest that compassion training via a smartphone application can improve self-compassion and reduce stress among university students. Future studies in larger clinical samples are warranted.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
927-945Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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