Does Cultivating Self-compassion Improve Resilience to Criticism and Improve Mental Health in Adults With ADHD?

NCT ID: NCT04978792

Last Updated: 2022-07-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

114 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-23

Study Completion Date

2022-09-30

Brief Summary

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This study aims to investigate the effect that increasing levels of self-compassion may have on levels of perceived criticism, self-criticism, and mental health of adults with ADHD. A secondary aim of the study is to capture how feasible using an online self-guided self-compassion practice maybe with people with ADHD.

Research Questions

1. Does a short self-guided self-compassion intervention increase levels of state and/or trait self-compassion in adults with ADHD over time?
2. Are changes in state and/or trait self-compassion associated with changes in levels of self-criticism or perceived criticism?
3. Are changes in state and/or trait self-compassion associated with improvements in mental health?
4. Are changes in mental health mediated by changes in self-criticism or perceived criticism?

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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ADHD Depression Stress Self-Criticism Anxiety Wellbeing Self-compassion

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Self-compassion Intervention

The intervention will include 14 self-compassion exercises completed over a 3-week period. The intervention will include methods of psychoeducation, meditation, and self-compassion exercises similar to Beshai et al.'s (2020) self-compassion-based intervention. The psychoeducation will focus on self-compassion, the meditations will be kindness and loving meditations and self-compassion breaks. The self-compassion exercises will be based on the writing exercises available on Neff's self-compassion website.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Online self-compassion intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An online self-guided intervention that uses widely available exercises and information.

Control Group

The active control will also include 14 exercises completed over a 3-week period. The 14 exercises will comprise of a psychoeducation video, writing exercises, video/audio-guided relaxation, and journal entries. The same psychoeducation video used in the intervention will be shown to participants, however, the other exercises will be altered to focus on factual information and not focused on self-compassion. The exercises will be matched to the self-compassion exercise so that similar exercises are completed in parallel time with the intervention.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Active Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will complete written exercises and breathing exercises that are not associated with self-compassion

Interventions

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Online self-compassion intervention

An online self-guided intervention that uses widely available exercises and information.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Active Control

Participants will complete written exercises and breathing exercises that are not associated with self-compassion

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Self-report a formal diagnosis of ADHD
* Scores on the Adult ADHD Self Report Questionnaire (ASRS) meet the clinical cut-off.
* No previous engagement with self-compassion interventions/practice

Exclusion Criteria

* No previous experiences of trauma.
* No PTSD
* No personality disorder
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Sheffield

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Danielle Beaton

Principle Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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The University of Sheffield

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Related Links

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https://self-compassion.org/

self-compassion website where intervention exercises are found.

Other Identifiers

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172839

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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