Contemplative Practice for Well-being and Self-Deconstruction in Women
NCT ID: NCT06950905
Last Updated: 2025-09-10
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
122 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-06-18
2028-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of FYD compared to a mindfulness meditation intervention. It is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two parallel groups. A total of 122 adult women will participate. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the FYD group or the control group. Both interventions will be delivered online over eight weeks.
Variables assessed include psychological well-being, body image, body acceptance, mindfulness, compassion, and self-deconstruction. Assessments will be conducted before and after the intervention, and at a six-month follow-up.
Statistical analyses will include intra- and intergroup comparisons using repeated measures analysis of variance. Parametric or non-parametric tests will be applied depending on the assumptions met. Relationships between variables will also be analyzed through correlations. Effect sizes will be calculated to estimate the magnitude of observed changes. The significance level will be set at p \< .05, with a 95% confidence interval.
This study adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative assessments with qualitative interviews conducted with a subgroup of participants. Although the data are collected complementarily, their analysis and dissemination may be conducted separately or integratively, depending on the specific goals of each research phase.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Feeding Your Demons practice
The experimental group will engage in a "Feeding Your Demons" contemplative practice involving repeated sessions (30-60 minutes each).
The practice follows this structured protocol across sessions:
Preparation: Preparation: Comfortable sitting posture in a chair, with an empty chair in front.
Theme/Visualization: Identify a challenge (e.g., self-criticism, body dissatisfaction), observe bodily sensations, personify as a "demon" (note traits).
Dialogue: Shift chairs, embody the demon, answer: What do you want? Need? How will you feel when fulfilled?
Transformation: Return, dissolve demon into "nectar" (embodying its need), feed until it becomes an ally.
Ally Engagement: Note ally's traits, ask: How will you help/protect? What promise? How to access you? Briefly embody ally.
Closure: Ally dissolves into participant; and both dissolves and rest in present-moment awareness.
Feeding your demons practice
The Feeding Your Demons (FYD) is a contemplative practice based on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, adapted in a secular form. The intervention is online and lasts a total of 8 weeks. During this period, participants will engage in weekly home practice of the FYD method using guided audio. The intervention includes 3 expert-facilitated sessions: an initial individual session, a group session at week 4, and a final group session at week 8.
Mindfulness Meditation condition
The control group will engage in a mindfulness meditation intervention involving repeated sessions (30-60 minutes each). The practice follows this structured protocol across sessions:
Preparation and Posture: Participants adopt a comfortable seated position with an upright spinal alignment.
Breath Awareness: Sustained attention is directed toward natural respiratory rhythms without deliberate modulation.
Body Scan: Systematic observation of somatic states (e.g., tension or relaxation) across distinct anatomical regions.
Observation of Thoughts and Emotions: Transient cognitive and affective phenomena are acknowledged with non-judgmental detachment, avoiding engagement.
Closure: Each session concludes with a return to breath-centered focus and gradual reorientation to the external environment.
Mindfulness practice
The control group will undergo an online mindfulness meditation intervention, lasting a total of 8 weeks. It includes 3 expert-facilitated sessions: an initial individual session, a group session at week 4, and a final group session at week 8. Participants will engage in weekly home practice of mindfulness meditation using guided audio.
Interventions
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Feeding your demons practice
The Feeding Your Demons (FYD) is a contemplative practice based on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, adapted in a secular form. The intervention is online and lasts a total of 8 weeks. During this period, participants will engage in weekly home practice of the FYD method using guided audio. The intervention includes 3 expert-facilitated sessions: an initial individual session, a group session at week 4, and a final group session at week 8.
Mindfulness practice
The control group will undergo an online mindfulness meditation intervention, lasting a total of 8 weeks. It includes 3 expert-facilitated sessions: an initial individual session, a group session at week 4, and a final group session at week 8. Participants will engage in weekly home practice of mindfulness meditation using guided audio.
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged between 30 and 60 years
* Spanish nationality, or residency in Spain for more than 5 years
* Fluent in Spanish
* At least one month of experience with meditation or mindfulness practices, with a regular practice of more than 15 minutes per session
* Provides informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Formal diagnosis of an eating disorder or any psychiatric condition
* Substance use disorder
* History of neurological disease diagnosis
* Participant's decision to withdraw from the study at any point
30 Years
60 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Hospital Miguel Servet
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Javier Garcia Campayo
Principal Investigator
Locations
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Department of Psychiatry. Miguel Servet University Hospital
Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
University of Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Role: backup
Other Identifiers
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PI25/008
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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