Does Cultivating Self-compassion Improve Resilience to Criticism and Improve Mental Health in Adults With ADHD?
ADHD, Depression, Stress
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for ADHD focused on measuring self-compassion, criticism, ADHD, mental health
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Self-report a formal diagnosis of ADHD
- Scores on the Adult ADHD Self Report Questionnaire (ASRS) meet the clinical cut-off.
- No previous engagement with self-compassion interventions/practice
Exclusion Criteria:
- No previous experiences of trauma.
- No PTSD
- No personality disorder
Sites / Locations
- The University of Sheffield
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Self-compassion Intervention
Control Group
The intervention will include 14 self-compassion exercises completed over a 3-week period. The intervention will include methods of psychoeducation, meditation, and self-compassion exercises similar to Beshai et al.'s (2020) self-compassion-based intervention. The psychoeducation will focus on self-compassion, the meditations will be kindness and loving meditations and self-compassion breaks. The self-compassion exercises will be based on the writing exercises available on Neff's self-compassion website.
The active control will also include 14 exercises completed over a 3-week period. The 14 exercises will comprise of a psychoeducation video, writing exercises, video/audio-guided relaxation, and journal entries. The same psychoeducation video used in the intervention will be shown to participants, however, the other exercises will be altered to focus on factual information and not focused on self-compassion. The exercises will be matched to the self-compassion exercise so that similar exercises are completed in parallel time with the intervention.