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An Examination of Self-Compassion in Relation to Process Group Psychotherapy |
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Jannazzo, Eric Stephen (著)
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| Date | 2009.11.05 |
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| Pages | 180 |
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| Publisher | University of Texas |
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https://www.utexas.edu/
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| Location | Austin, TX, US [奧斯汀, 德克薩斯州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | doctor |
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| Institution | University of Texas |
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| Department | Educational Psychology |
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| Advisor | Kristin Neff; Ricardo C. Ainslie |
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| Publication year | 2009 |
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| Abstract | Recent reviewers of the group psychotherapy literature have called for the introduction of new constructs that may contribute to a deeper understanding of what it is about process groups that make them effective in eliciting change. To this end, this study investigates the potential of a newly defined and operationalized construct known as self-compassion. Drawing on the writings of various scholars of Buddhism, Neff has theorized that self-compassion consists of three main, mutually influential components: self-kindness (the act of being gentle with oneself in instance of pain or failure); mindfulness (holding painful thoughts and feelings in balanced awareness, without over-identifying with them); and common humanity (the perception of one’s experiences as part of the larger human experience). This paper argues that there are strong parallels between each of these three components and existing theory on the mechanisms of change in group psychotherapy. The study was motivated by the belief that preliminary quantitative support for the role of self-compassion in change through groups may highlight the importance of the construct and help orient both group practitioners and group researchers towards a new theoretical lens through which the power of groups may be better understood. 92 subjects were enrolled in the study: 57 in a non-treatment Control condition, and 35 in a Treatment condition. The Control group was comprised of undergraduates from the Educational Psychology Department subject pool at the University of Texas at Austin; the Treatment group was formed by UT undergraduate and graduate students who were enrolled in a process psychotherapy group at the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. A pre-test/post-test design was employed, with subjects taking identical surveys at baseline (beginning of Fall 2007 semester) and follow-up (end of the same semester). A variety of inferential statistical techniques were utilized, and results indicated that there was a significant relationship between participation in process group psychotherapy and positive mental health outcomes as measured by self-report levels of depression, perceived stress, and happiness; that participation in a therapy group was associated with increased levels of self-compassion; and that as a predictor of mental health outcome in relation to therapy groups, self-compassion was on the whole equivalent to one construct (hope) often cited in the group literature as a powerful therapeutic mechanism, and a more powerful predictor than another (altruism). The overall results offer exciting implications for future research and clinical practice, as they suggest that self-compassion may well serve as an important component of a robust theoretical, organizing lens through which the power of group psychotherapy may be more clearly understood. |
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| Table of contents | Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 2: Review and Integration of the Literature 5
Conceptualization of Group Psychotherapy 5
Existing Research on Group Psychotherapy 9
Self-Compassion 14
The Role of Self-Compassion in Classic Process Group Psychotherapy 24
Rationale for the Study 33
Chapter 3: Methods 37
Research Questions and Hypotheses 37
Participants 40
Procedure 41
Instruments 46
Chapter 4: Results 51
Sample Description 51
Preliminary Analyses 52
Investigation of Possible Sample Bias 53
Means of Initial Measures 55
Participation by Specific Therapy Group 58
Baseline Correlations of Study Measures 60
Baseline Correlations of SCS Subscales 61
Hypothesis 1 63
Depression 64
Perceived Stress 65
Subjective Happiness 66
Hypothesis 2 68
Overall Self-Compassion 68
Self-Compassion Subscales 72
Self-Kindness Subscale 72
Self-Judgment Subscale 74
Common Humanity Subscale 75
Isolation Subscale 77
Mindfulness Subscale 78
Over-identification Subscale 80
Three Components of Self-Compassion 81
Overall Self-Kindness 82
Overall Common-Humanity 84
Overall Mindfulness 86
Hypothesis 3 87
Hypothesis 4 90
Depression 92
Perceived Stress 95
Subjective Happiness 96
Hypothesis 5 97
Appendices 120
Appendix A: Study Survey Packet 121
Beck Depression Inventory – Short Form 122
Perceived Stress Scale 124
Subjective Happiness Scale 126
State Hope Scale 128
Attitudes Toward Helping Others Scale 129
Self-Compassion Scale 131
Demographic Information 133
Appendix B: Group Leader Demographic Request Form 134
Appendix C: Group Leader Information Sheet 135
Appendix D: Recommended Group Leader Recruitment Script 137
Appendix E: Group Leader Summary 138
Appendix F: Information Sheet for Treatment Group Participants 139
Appendix G: Information Sheet for Subject Pool Participants 141
Appendix H: Initial Correspondence to Subject Pool 144
Appendix I: Second Correspondence to Subject Pool 146
Appendix J: Third Correspondence to Subject Pool 147
Appendix K: Follow-up Webpage (Subject Pool) 148
Appendix L: Webpage Announcing Raffle Winner 149
Appendix M: Study Debriefing Webpage (Treatment Group) 150
Appendix N: Study Debriefing Webpage (Control Group) 151
Appendix O: Study Proposal to CMHC 152
References 157
Vita 166 |
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| Created date | 2023.05.08 |
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| Modified date | 2024.05.28 |
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