Empathy Training for Psychology Students Trainees

Peking University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Empathy

Treatments: Behavioral: Empathy Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06352034

Empathy Training for Students

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of empathy training for psychology student trainees who plan to become mental health practitioners. The training consists of five sessions of psychoeducation, three-role group exercises, and Q&A. Empathy assessment will be based on self-reported, listener-reported, and observer-reported measurements.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult male and female (aged between 18 and 65 years old)
• Major or double major in psychology
• Currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students
• Taking psychological counselor as one of the major occupational chooses

Exclusion criteria

• Hearing, speech, reading, or writing impairments
• A diagnosis of mental disorders
• Simultaneously participating in other emotional skills training
• Suicidal ideation or self-injurious behavior

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Empathy Training

Experimental group

Description:

The Empathy training consists of five sessions. Each session contains psychoeducation, three-role group exercises, and Q\&A. The interval between every session is 5-14 days. Sessions are scheduled for 1.5 hours, including 30 minutes of psychoeducation, 45 minutes of three-role group exercises, and 15 minutes of Q\&A.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Empathy Training

Wait-List

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in the wait-list group will not receive the empathy training or other similar training until all the groups finish their one-month follow-up measurements.