Psychophysiological stress response after a 6-week Mindful Self-Compassion training in psychiatric rehabilitation inpatients: a randomized post-test only study

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Jürgen Fuchshuber¹  Ewald Pollheimer²  Paul Kaufmann²  Christoph Spah²  Andrea Andorfer³  Human-Friedrich Unterrainer⁴  Sabina Kraler⁵  Claudia Traunmüller⁵  Christian Rominger⁵  Andreas Schwerdtfeger⁵ 

[1] CIAR: Center for Integrative Addiction Research, Grüner Kreis Society, Vienna, Austria;Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;Center for Psychosocial Health, Sonnenpark Neusiedlersee, Rust, Austria;Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria;CIAR: Center for Integrative Addiction Research, Grüner Kreis Society, Vienna, Austria;Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria;CIAR: Center for Integrative Addiction Research, Grüner Kreis Society, Vienna, Austria;Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria;Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;Faculty of Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria;Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria;

关键词: heart rate variability;    blood pressure;    mindfulness;    self-compassion;    stress task;    clinical trial;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1098122

 received in 2022-11-14, accepted in 2023-06-30,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesMindfulness-based interventions (including self-compassion interventions) are effective in improving stress management at psychological and physical levels. Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is a newly developed program particularly aimed at increasing self-compassion. The main objective of this study was to determine whether the psychophysiological stress response during a social-evaluative speaking task differs in inpatients participating in the MSC or the Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) program at the end of their 6-week psychiatric rehabilitation stay (i.e., post-test only design).MethodData from 50 inpatients (25 MSC, 25 PMR, 35 female) aged 19 to 76 years (M = 47.22, SD = 12.44) were analyzed in terms of psychophysiological stress response. For this purpose, heart rate variability, heart rate, and blood pressure were assessed together with several psychometric variables: positive and negative affect (PANAS), subjective stress perception (Visual Analog Scale), self-compassion (Self-Compassion Scale), cognitive reappraisal and suppression (Emotion Regulation Questionnaire), psychological distress (Brief Symptom Inventory-18), and appraisal and rumination (selected items).ResultsAfter correction for alpha inflation no differences in the psychophysiological stress response and psychometric parameters between the MSC and PMR group were found.DiscussionIn general, our results indicate that MSC is not superior to PMR training. However, more research with clinical randomized controlled trials investigating larger samples are needed to further affirm these initial findings.

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