The effectiveness of compassion on bulimia nervosa

The effectiveness of compassion focused therapy on reducing feelings of guilt, shame, self criticism, psychological distress and social isolation in people with eating disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20210407050888N1

Enrollment

Registered

2022-11-17

Start date

2022-12-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-11-21

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Conditions

bulimia nervosa disorder.

Interventions

Intervention 1: There is two months for Compassion-focused therapy training. One session in every week and a total of eight sessions. For each sessions will explain about the disorder, characteristic

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Bulimia nervosa disorder sex: female Age : 18-40 Having informed consent of participate in this research.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: hyper activity or hypo activity in thyroid pregnancy drug and alcohol abuse inability to perform intervention tasks overweight treatment of drug

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main variable in this trial is Bulimia nervosa that Eligible people to enter the research by participating in the test The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) will be identified. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: The Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF; Raes et al., 2011) with 26 items.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Bulimia nervosa,. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) is used to identify the presence of “eating disorder with 26 items.;Feelings of guilt. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale (GASP) 2011 Cohen, T. R., Wolf, S. T., Panter, A. T., & Insko, C. A. whit 16 items is used.;Shame. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale (GASP) 2011 Cohen, T. R., Wolf, S. T., Panter, A. T., & Insko, C. A. whit 16 items is used.;Self criticism. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: Exploring self-criticism — The Levels of Self-criticism Scale Thompson & Zuroff, 2004 is a 22-item self-report.;Psychological distress. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) whit 21 items is used.;Social isolation. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable, to measure one's subjective feelings of loneliness as well as feelings of social isolation(Russell, Peplau & Cutrona) with 20 items is used.	—

Measure

Time frame

Bulimia nervosa,. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) is used to identify the presence of “eating disorder with 26 items.;Feelings of guilt. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale (GASP) 2011 Cohen, T. R., Wolf, S. T., Panter, A. T., & Insko, C. A. whit 16 items is used.;Shame. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale (GASP) 2011 Cohen, T. R., Wolf, S. T., Panter, A. T., & Insko, C. A. whit 16 items is used.;Self criticism. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: Exploring self-criticism — The Levels of Self-criticism Scale Thompson & Zuroff, 2004 is a 22-item self-report.;Psychological distress. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) whit 21 items is used.;Social isolation. Timepoint: Two months. Method of measurement: For this variable, to measure one's subjective feelings of loneliness as well as feelings of social isolation(Russell, Peplau & Cutrona) with 20 items is used.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSeyed Ali Akbar Karimi AH

Islamic Azad University

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Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026