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Making Friends with Yourself: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study of a Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Adolescents

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Bluth, Karen, Gaylord, Susan A., Campo, Rebecca A., Mullarkey, Michael C., Hobbs, Lorraine·2016·Mindfulness

DOI 10.1007/s12671-015-0476-6PMC PMC4838201

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The aims of this mixed-method pilot study were to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary psychosocial outcomes of "Making Friends with Yourself: A Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Teens" (MFY), an adaptation of the adult Mindful Self-Compassion program. Thirty-four students age 14-17 enrolled in this waitlist controlled crossover study. Participants were randomized to either the waitlist or intervention group and administered online surveys at baseline, after the first cohort participated in the intervention, and after the waitlist crossovers participated in the intervention. Attendance and retention data were collected to determine feasibility, and audiorecordings of the 6-week class were analyzed to determine acceptability of the program. Findings indicated that MFY is a feasible and acceptable program for adolescents. Compared to the waitlist control, the intervention group had significantly greater self-compassion and life satisfaction and significantly lower depression than the waitlist control, with trends for greater mindfulness, greater social connectedness and lower anxiety. When waitlist crossovers results were combined with that of the first intervention group, findings indicated significantly greater mindfulness and self-compassion, and significantly less anxiety, depression, perceived stress and negative affect post-intervention. Additionally, regression results demonstrated that self-compassion and mindfulness predicted decreases in anxiety, depression, perceived stress, and increases in life satisfaction post-intervention. MFY shows promise as a program to increase psychosocial wellbeing in adolescents through increasing mindfulness and self-compassion. Further testing is needed to substantiate the findings.

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Authors: Bluth, K., Gaylord, S. A., Campo, R. A., Mullarkey, M. C., & Hobbs, L.
Affiliations: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author: Bluth, Karen
ORCID: Bluth, Karen
Gaylord, Susan A.
Campo, Rebecca A.
Mullarkey, Michael C.
Venue: Mindfulness
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2015-12-19
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Pages: 479-492
ISSN: 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
1868-8535
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-015-0476-6
PMC: PMC4838201
OpenAlex: W2213554443
Cited by: 253
References: 62
Citations by year: 2026: 14 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 7
FWCI: 17.66
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Mindfulness (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
UNC Libraries
Funders: University of North Carolina
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
Keywords: mindful self-compassion, adolescents, self-compassion, depression, anxiety, perceived stress, life satisfaction, social connectedness, psychosocial well-being, program feasibility, program acceptability, intervention adaptation

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