Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT): An Intervention for Caregivers

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS · Nov 1, 2018

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

Hypothesis 1: It is hypothesized that caregivers in CCT will reduce psychological distress, relative to control participants, as measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) at baseline (T0), post intervention (T1), 3-month (T2) and 6-month (T3).

Hypothesis 2: It is hypothesized that caregivers in CCT, relative to control participants, will increase compassion for self and others, show greater acceptance of difficult emotions and decrease emotion suppression as measured by Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-12), Multidimensional Compassion Scale (MCS), Perceived Stress Scale, ...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. caregiver male and female (fx. parent /spouse/other family member) of a person with a mental illness,
• • 2. 18 - 75 years of age
• • 3. Danish speaking
• • 4. not pregnant.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. having an untreated mental illness,
• • 2. addictions, or substance abuse
• • 3. meditation practice (studies have shown that people who are long-term meditation practitioners are more resilient and have greater psychological well-being (Lykins \& Baer, 2009). Therefore, people with 1 year or more of prior formal meditation practice, will not be eligible for the study as we cannot rule out whether their scores are due to their long-term practice or to the CCT intervention),
• • 4. or current psychotherapeutic treatment.