Comparison between Impact of Distressed-based, Compassion-based, and Self-compassion-based Meditation on Empathic Emotions and Behaviors on Psychologist

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20240606062023N1

Enrollment

Registered

2024-10-09

Start date

2024-06-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-01-08

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Conditions

Empathy, Compassion, Empathic Emotion, Empathic Behavior.

Interventions

Intervention group: A group receiving 6 online sessions of Self-compassion intervention.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

22 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age between 22-51 Having at least a Master degree in psychology Having at least 1 year practice as a psychologist

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Scoring above 0.7 in SLC-90 assessment tool

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported rating of empathic emption and helping tendency after EmpaToM video task and the score of Zurich Prosocial Game. Timepoint: At the beginning of the intervention (pre-test), at the end of the intervention (post-test), and 3 months after the end of the intervention (follow-up). Method of measurement: EmpaToM Video task, Zurich Prosocial Game.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMahdis Ahmadinejad

Institute for Cognitive Science Study

Ahmadi_m@icss.ac.ir+98 21 8828 1251

Outcome results

None listed

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