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Mindful Self-Compassion Training Reduces Stress and Burnout Symptoms Among Practicing Psychologists: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Web-Based Intervention

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Eriksson, Terese, Germundsjö, Linnea, Åström, Elisabeth, Rönnlund, Michael·2018·Frontiers in Psychology

DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02340PMC PMC6277494

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a six-week web-based mindful self-compassion program on stress and burnout symptoms in a group of helping professionals. Method: In a randomized controlled trial 101 practicing psychologists were assigned to a training group (n = 51) and a wait-list control group (n = 49). The training program involved 15 min exercises per day, six days a week, for six weeks. The participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Shirom Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ) pre and post intervention. Results: Eighty-one participants (n = 40 in the training group, n = 41 in the control group) took part in the pre and post assessments. Selective gains for the intervention group were observed for SCS total score (d = 0.86; d = .94 for the self-compassion scale). Levels of self-coldness were reduced following the training and mindfulness scores increased (d = 0.60). Most important, levels of perceived stress (d = .59) and burnout symptoms (d = .44 for SMBQ total, mental aspects in particular) were lower post intervention. The results largely confirmed the hypothesis that the measures of distress would be more strongly related to self-coldness than self-compassion, a pattern seen in cross-sectional analyses and longitudinal analyses, at least for burnout. Conclusions: The mindful self-compassion program appeared effective to increase self-compassion/reduce self-coldness, and to alleviate stress and symptoms of burnout in the study sample. Additional studies, preferably three-armed RCTs with long-term follow-up, are warranted to further evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

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Authors: Eriksson, T., Germundsjö, L., Åström, E., & Rönnlund, M.
Affiliations: Umeå University (SE)
Corresponding author: Rönnlund, Michael
ORCID: Åström, Elisabeth
Rönnlund, Michael
Venue: Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2018-11-27
Volume: 9
Pages: 2340-2340
ISSN: 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02340
PMC: PMC6277494
OpenAlex: W2903400622
Cited by: 225
References: 51
Citations by year: 2026: 20 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 70 · 2019: 2
FWCI: 27.03
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: cc-by
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Locations: Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords: mindful self-compassion, self-compassion, self-coldness, burnout, perceived stress, psychologists, helping professionals, online intervention, mindfulness, occupational stress, mental health of psychologists

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