Empathy Training for Psychology Students Trainees

NCT ID: NCT06352034

Last Updated: 2024-05-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-05-20
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-30

Brief Summary

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of empathy training for psychology student trainees who plan to become mental health practitioners. The training consists of five sessions of psychoeducation, three-role group exercises, and Q&A. Empathy assessment will be based on self-reported, listener-reported, and observer-reported measurements.

Conditions

Empathy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Empathy Training

The Empathy training consists of five sessions. Each session contains psychoeducation, three-role group exercises, and Q\&A. The interval between every session is 5-14 days. Sessions are scheduled for 1.5 hours, including 30 minutes of psychoeducation, 45 minutes of three-role group exercises, and 15 minutes of Q\&A.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Empathy Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The intervention contains five themes: 1) An overview of empathy and emotions. 2) Cognitive empathy and clarification technique. 3) Emotional empathy and reflection of feelings technique. 4) Awaring and dealing with the inner feelings while empathizing. 5) Empathy timing and "emotional pendulum" technique.

Wait-List

The participants in the wait-list group will not receive the empathy training or other similar training until all the groups finish their one-month follow-up measurements.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Empathy Training

The intervention contains five themes: 1) An overview of empathy and emotions. 2) Cognitive empathy and clarification technique. 3) Emotional empathy and reflection of feelings technique. 4) Awaring and dealing with the inner feelings while empathizing. 5) Empathy timing and "emotional pendulum" technique.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult male and female (aged between 18 and 65 years old)
• Major or double major in psychology
• Currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students
• Taking psychological counselor as one of the major occupational chooses

Exclusion Criteria

• Hearing, speech, reading, or writing impairments
• A diagnosis of mental disorders
• Simultaneously participating in other emotional skills training
• Suicidal ideation or self-injurious behavior

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Peking University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yinyin Zang, PhD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Yinyin Zang, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Study Principal Investigator Peking University

Locations

Peking University

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Countries

China

Central Contacts

Yinyin Zang, PhD

Role: CONTACT

yinyin.zang@pku.edu.cn

15553201610 ext. 86

Other Identifiers

Empathy Training for Students

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id