Mental Health Wellness
Conditions
Keywords
Attachment-based compassion therapy, Students, Psychological well-being
Brief summary
University life is a challenging period. College students are exposed to a large number of stressors such as increased workload, multitasking, new responsibilities, changes in sleep and eating habits, social stressors, financial concerns and future employability, unlimited access to technology, etc. The participation of some of them in unhealthy activities should also be noted. There is sufficient evidence to affirm that high levels of stress cause different alterations in students, such as attention and concentration deficits, difficulties in memorizing and solving problems, low productivity and poor academic performance. Due to this, in addition to the psychological and social impact of said mental health problems, the academic functioning of the students decreases and the dropout rates increase, which represents a problem for themselves and for the institutions. On the other hand, students and future professionals in training run the risk of suffering burnout as a consequence of the chronic stress to which they are subjected, with the consequent negative effects on their future professional practice. The main objective of the present research is to evaluate the efficacy of a six-week compassion program for the reduction of psychological distress in university students compared to an active control condition based on relaxation.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAttachment-based compassion therapy
Compassion program consists of 6 sessions of 90 minutes/session (15-20 people) Written material and sound recordings will be offered as support elements. The estimated duration of the program is two months
BEHAVIORALRelaxation program
Relaxation program consists of 6 sessions of 90 minutes/session (15-20 people) Written material and sound recordings will be offered as support elements. The estimated duration of the program is two months
Sponsors
Hospital Miguel Servet
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age: 18-30 years old. * Study undergraduate or master's degrees at the University of Zaragoza. * Understand perfectly spoken and written Spanish. * Grant informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
* Any diagnose of disease that may affect central nervous system (brain pathology traumatic brain injury, dementia, etc.). * Other psychiatric diagnoses or acute psychiatric illness (substance dependence or abuse, history of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, eating disorders, etc.) except for anxious pathology or personality disorders. * Any medical, infectious or degenerative disease that may affect mood, presence of delusional ideas or hallucinations consistent or not with mood, and suicide risk.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 (DASS-21) | Baseline | In the compassion program group |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
| Sociodemographic data Gender, age, marital status, education, occupation, economical level | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
| Positive and negative affect (PANAS) | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
| Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Survey (MBI-SS) | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
| Sussex-Oxford Compassion for Others Scale & SussexOxford Compassion for the Self Scale (SOCS) | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
| Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
| The Relationship Questionnaire (RQ) | Baseline | In the compassion condition group |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed