NCT06322069

The Effect and Mechanism of Self-compassion on Reducing Materialism

The Effect and Mechanism of Self-compassion on Reducing Materialism: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Self-Compassion Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 309 (actual)
• Sponsor: Beijing Normal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 63 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Self-Compassion
• Group B

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Self-compassion intervention group	Participants would be provided a 14-days online course, and they need to finish the courses within 21 days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-14
• Primary completion: 2021-03-03
• Completion: 2021-03-15
• First posted: 2024-03-20
• Last updated: 2024-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China