NCT04978792

Does Cultivating Self-compassion Improve Resilience to Criticism and Improve Mental Health in Adults With ADHD?

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 114 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Sheffield · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect that increasing levels of self-compassion may have on levels of perceived criticism, self-criticism, and mental health of adults with ADHD. A secondary aim of the study is to capture how feasible using an online self-guided self-compassion practice maybe with people with ADHD. Research Questions 1. Does a short self-guided self-compassion intervention increase levels of state and/or trait self-compassion in adults with ADHD over time? 2. Are changes in state and/or trait self-compassion associated with changes in levels of self-criticism or perceived criticism? 3. Are changes in state and/or trait self-compassion associated with improvements in mental health? 4. Are changes in mental health mediated by changes in self-criticism or perceived criticism?

Conditions

• ADHD
• Depression
• Stress
• Self-Criticism
• Anxiety
• Wellbeing
• Self-compassion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Online self-compassion intervention	An online self-guided intervention that uses widely available exercises and information.
BEHAVIORAL	Active Control	Participants will complete written exercises and breathing exercises that are not associated with self-compassion

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-23
• Primary completion: 2022-04-25
• Completion: 2022-09-01
• First posted: 2021-07-27
• Last updated: 2022-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom