EFFECT OF A SHORT-TERM ONLINE VERSION OF A MINDFULNESS-BASED INTERVENTION ON SELF-CRITICISM AND SELF-COMPASSION IN A NONCLINICAL SAMPLE

• Authors: Halamová Júlia , Kanovský Martin , Jurková Veronika , Kupeli Nuriye
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Our goal was to investigate the efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) in the form of a short-term, online intervention using exercises from Mindfulness-Based Stress-Reduction program on self-compassion, self-reassurance and self-criticism in a non-clinical population. We conducted pre-, post- and two-month follow-up measures of self-compassion, self-reassurance and self-criticism. A total of 146 participants, recruited through convenience sampling, were randomly allocated to the intervention with daily exercises for consecutive 15 days and to a control condition with no treatment. The intervention group reported a significant reduction in self-criticism and self-uncompassionate responding with effects present at two-month follow-up. There was a short-term effect of the training on self-compassion with no effect present at the two-month follow-up and no significant effect on self-reassurance. A limitation of the study is that participants’ previous experience with meditation was not assessed, and thus the findings may be a result of previous meditation practice and not the intervention itself. Despite this limitation, the findings show that an online short-term MBI may be helpful in reducing self-criticism in general population, but a larger study taking into account the limitations needs to be conducted to replicate this effect before recommendations for clinical practice can be made.

Keywords

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SELF-COMPASSION; SELF-CRITICISM; SELF-REASSURANCE; MINDFULNESS-BASED INTERVENTION

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 259 – 273

Contributors

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Halamová Júlia

• Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Kanovský Martin

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Jurková Veronika

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Kupeli Nuriye

Identifiers

DOI

10.21909/sp.2018.04.766