None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Self-compassion interventions may be a promising new approach for addressing body image concerns. The aim of the study is to observe the impact of self-compassion meditation podcasts on increasing levels of self-compassion and body appreciation, as well as decreasing levels of body shame and appearance contingent on self-worth. Women aged 17 to 35 years will be randomised into two groups, and engage in either self-compassion or guided imagery podcasts over one week.
Interventions
The research setting is online, with the pre-post questionnaires administered via Survey Monkey. The podcasts are also online and will be sent out via email to participants.
The research design will be a randomised controlled trial that will run over a one-week duration. Participants will be randomly allocated into two groups, the intervention group and an active control group. Each podcast runs from approximately 20 minutes. The study will be administered by a student studying an honours progra
The research setting is online, with the pre-post questionnaires administered via Survey Monkey. The podcasts are also online and will be sent out via email to participants. The research design will be a randomised controlled trial that will run over a one-week duration. Participants will be randomly allocated into two groups, the intervention group and an active control group. Each podcast runs from approximately 20 minutes. The study will be administered by a student studying an honours program in psychology under the supervision of an academic with a PhD in psychology. Participants will then complete these steps as follows. 1. Initial online questionnaire measuring baseline levels of self-compassion, body appreciation and body shame. Participants email addresses will also be collected. 2. Intervention group: listen to the self-compassion podcast ‘Compassionate Body Scan’ and will answer questions about the podcast. 3. Intervention group: emailed link of the ‘Compassionate Body Scan’ and encouraged to listen to this podcast as many times as they like over the next three days. 4. Intervention group: emailed (with the same instructions) the ‘Loving Kindness’ podcast on day four of the experiment. The finale questionnaire will be sent on day seven of the experiment, measuring post-test levels of self-compassion, body appreciation, body shame and appearance contingent on self-worth. The active control condition will be identical except participants will receive a guided imagery podcast (The Meadow and Sunrise on the Beach). Each podcast will be embedded in an online survey with questions to ensure participants engaged with the podcasts. Participants in the active control will also be sent the final questionnaire.
Sponsors
Dr Ben Lane
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
17 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Women aged 17-35 years with Internet access. Participants fluent in English language.
Exclusion criteria
Not applicable
Outcome results
None listed