The Effect and Mechanism of Self-compassion on Reducing Materialism

Beijing Normal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Self-Compassion; Group B

Treatments: Other: Self-compassion intervention group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06322069

202206260077

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current study provided an initial investigation of the effect of self-compassion on reducing materialism and explored the basic psychological needs and self-esteem as potential mechanisms. Two studies would be conducted. Study 1 explored the relationships among variables with cross-sectional data, to explore the relationship between self-compassion and materialism, and test the mediating role of basic psychological needs and self-esteem. Study 2 developed a new online self-help self-compassion intervention and conducted a randomized control trial (i.e., intervention group and waitlist group) to further explore the casual effect of self-compassion on materialism, with the mediating effect of basic psychological needs and self-esteem.

Full description

The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) consented to accept randomization, finish the intervention and fill out questionnaires and (2) had no current or previous mental disorder diagnosis.

The Chinese Version of Self-compassion Scale (SCS-C; Chen et al., 2011) was used to measure the self-compassion level of participants. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) was used to measure self-esteem using 10 items. The Balanced Measure of Psychological Needs Scale (BMPN; Sheldon & Hilpert, 2012) was used to measure basic psychological needs. The Material Tendencies Scale (MTS; Zhang & Xiao, 2019) was used to measure materialism.

Enrollment: 309 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 63 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. consented to accept randomization, finish the intervention and fill out questionnaires and
2. had no current or previous mental disorder diagnosis.

Exclusion criteria

1. did not accept randomization, can not finish the intervention and fill out questionnaires
2. had current or previous mental disorder diagnosis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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309 participants in 2 patient groups

Self-compassion intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group was granted access to a 14-day course focused on the theme of self-compassion. Participants within this group were encouraged to engage with one module per day, and completion of the entire course within a 21 days.

Treatment:

Other: Self-compassion intervention group

waitlist group

No Intervention group

Description:

The waitlist group received no course.