Mindfulness, Compassion and Self-compassion

Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05046691

Collaborator

(none)

328

Enrollment

Location

Arms

6.9

Actual Duration (Months)

47.3

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Teachers in Hong Kong are susceptible to professional stress and its associated psychosomatic illnesses. To enhance teachers' well-being, mindfulness training is conducted in local schools. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to explore 1) the relationship between mindfulness, common humanity, self-compassion, compassion, and well-being of school teachers; 2) whether mindfulness and common humanity are the antecedents of self-compassion and compassion; 3) the conditions under which compassion and self-compassion are highly correlated. Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete an online survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Mental Health Issue	Behavioral: 8-week mindfulness program	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

328 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Mindfulness, Compassion and Self-compassion

Actual Study Start Date :

Oct 1, 2021

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Apr 30, 2022

Actual Study Completion Date :

Apr 30, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group 8-week .b Foundations course	Behavioral: 8-week mindfulness program The .b Foundations course is an 8-week mindfulness program developed by Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) for school teachers and personnel. It includes a taster session and 8 weekly sessions. Each session lasts for 1.5 hours with a specific theme (e.g. Lesson 1 waking up from autopilot). Formal and informal mindfulness practices (e.g. mindful eating, body scan, mindful walking, habit releaser etc.), psychoeducation, cognitive exercises, inquiry, and home practice are involved.
No Intervention: Wait-list control Participants in wait-list control group will receive the same intervention, two months after their counterparts in experimental group completed the intervention.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention group

8-week .b Foundations course

Behavioral: 8-week mindfulness program

The .b Foundations course is an 8-week mindfulness program developed by Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) for school teachers and personnel. It includes a taster session and 8 weekly sessions. Each session lasts for 1.5 hours with a specific theme (e.g. Lesson 1 waking up from autopilot). Formal and informal mindfulness practices (e.g. mindful eating, body scan, mindful walking, habit releaser etc.), psychoeducation, cognitive exercises, inquiry, and home practice are involved.

No Intervention: Wait-list control

Participants in wait-list control group will receive the same intervention, two months after their counterparts in experimental group completed the intervention.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in General Health [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Stress [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Change in Positive affect [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Negative affect [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Compassion [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Compassion scale, 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Self-compassion [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Self-compassion scale, 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Common humanity [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Common Humanity scale, 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)
Change in Mindfulness [Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention]
Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Aged 18 years old or above
Working in local schools or education institutions
Willing to participate in mindfulness training voluntarily

Exclusion Criteria:

Experiencing severe or unstable mental health condition currently
Completed 8-week mindfulness training previously
Unwilling to go by random assignment

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Jockey Club "Peace and Awareness" Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong		Hong Kong