Compassionate Schools: Feasibility and Effectiveness Study of a Compassionate Mind Training Program to Promote Teachers Wellbeing
Abstract
Given the growing research on the multidimensional benefits of compassion cultivation, the current study sought to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of a Compassionate Mind Training intervention for Teachers (CMT-T) on teachers' psychological distress, wellbeing and compassion to self and others using a randomised controlled and stepped wedge design. The CMT-T specifically aimed at promoting positive affect and satisfaction with professional life and reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and burnout, by increasing the flows of compassion (for self, for others and from others), self-compassion and compassion to others motivations and actions, and by diminishing fears of compassion (for self, for others and from others) and self-criticism. Furthermore, the present study aimed to explore the impact of the CMT-T on heart rate variability (HRV), an indicator of vagal regulatory activity and a physiological marker of a person's ability to flexibly respond to environmental challenges and regulate emotional responses. In light of previous research pointing to the role of individual differences in self-criticism on how individuals respond to compassion-based interventions, this study aimed to examine how self-criticism would influence the effects of the CMT-T intervention. Baseline self-criticism was hypothesized to impact the CMT-T effects on the primary and secondary outcome variables. In addition, the current study aimed to examine whether the effects of…
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