Social Derpivation and Self Compassion

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The impact of social deprivation on developing self compassion and Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy outcomes

• IRAS ID

  260058

• Contact name

  Antonietta Dicaccavo

• Contact email

  Toni.Dicaccavo@uwe.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of the West of England

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  N/A, N/A

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 5 months, 28 days

• Research summary

  The study aims to understand the effect of social deprivation on self compassion and effectiveness of an MBCT program. Social deprivation has been consistently linked to the onset, maintenance and as a mediating factor in recovery from mental health disorders. Whilst there is a vast and consistently growing body of empirical evidence for the efficacy of MBCT in reducing the risk of depressive relapse across a range of disorders and mental health problems, there has been no research into the impact of social environment on MBCT outcomes. Furthermore, outcomes of MBCT have been intrinsically linked to the development of self compassion. There is also no existing research into the effects of social deprivation on the development and maintenance of self compassion.
  The paper aims to understand the integration therapeutic growth and self compassion into an individuals cultural context, and whether social environment impacts on the maintenance of such factors.
  The MBCT course will be delivered to groups of individuals in a socially deprived area and groups of individuals from a non deprived area.
  Mental illness outcome measures, and measures of self compassion will be completed by participants at start, end, and 8 weeks post receiving an MBCT intervention. The groups will then be compared using the outcome measures.
  The study will utilise the data collected via outcome measures to inform the development of qualitative interviews
  Eight randomly selected participants from the MBCT group in an area of deprivation will then be interviewed about their experience of how they have been able to integrate MBCT/self compassion processes and learning into their lives in context of their social environment. The interviews will attempt to draw out any social barriers or strengths the participant has faced in relation to this, and explore the results obtained from the outcome measures

• REC name

  East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 2

• REC reference

  19/ES/0080

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Sep 2019

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion