Self-compassion in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain: a pilot study.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
chronic pain
compassion
pilot study
Journal
Scandinavian journal of pain
ISSN: 1877-8879
Titre abrégé: Scand J Pain
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101520867
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 07 2022
26 07 2022
Historique:
received:
02
12
2021
accepted:
06
12
2021
pubmed:
27
12
2021
medline:
9
7
2022
entrez:
26
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Evidence shows that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically supported psychological approach for chronic pain (CP) management. Although self-compassion is not explicitly a target of ACT, it seems to be one mechanism of change in ACT for CP. However, research is lacking on the benefits of including explicit self-compassionate exercises in ACT for CP. The current study pilot tested a Compassionate ACT 8-session group program (COMP.ACT; n=9), as well as an ACT-only 8-session group program (ACT; n=7), in a sample of women with CP. The current study follows a quasi-experimental design, and conducts Reliable and Significant Change analyses comparing pre- to post-intervention scores of self-report measures. No differences were found between conditions at baseline, nor between completers and drop-outs. Although preliminary, results showed COMP.ACT led to greater clinical improvements in depression and anxiety, while ACT led to greater improvements in stress and uncompassionate self-responding. Reliable and Significant Change analysis showed that some participants improved significantly (in psychopathological symptoms, valued living and uncompassionate self-responding) in both conditions, while the majority did not change significantly. More research is needed to conclude whether explicit self-compassion exercises are useful in ACT for CP. Limitations and implications are further discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34954932
pii: sjpain-2021-0214
doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2021-0214
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
631-638Informations de copyright
© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
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