Compassion Training and Mindfulness Training for Social Well-Being and Mental Health
Anxiety, Depression, Stress
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anxiety focused on measuring Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Compassion Cultivation Training, Online Intervention, Undergraduate Students, Randomized Controlled Trial, Health Equity, Psychological Well-Being
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Currently enrolled as a full-time Yale College undergraduate student
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current clinical mental health condition diagnosis made by a licensed medical professional (as self-reported by participants), including: major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, psychotic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, and/or self-harm/attempted suicide/suicide ideation.
Demographic Eligibility Criteria:
- To enroll 75% participants of color (BIPOC) and 50% male identifying participants. Enrollment of participants who identify as White will be capped at n = 90, and participants who identify as female will be capped at n = 180.
- Participants will not be excluded based on any other demographic characteristics.
Sites / Locations
- Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
No Intervention
Compassion-Based Intervention
Mindfulness-Based Intervention
Waitlist Control (WL)
Participants in this condition are assigned to an empirically supported 8-week online compassion-based intervention protocol. The intervention includes a weekly 2-hour educational session and a recommendation of 15-30-mins of daily meditation, and real-world assignments to practice compassion.
Participants in this condition are assigned to an empirically supported 8-week online mindfulness-based intervention protocol. The intervention includes a weekly 2-hour educational session, a recommendation of 15-30 minutes of daily meditation, and an optional 6-hour one-day retreat.
The WL control group will complete all study assessments on the same schedule as the intervention arms. At the time of the final follow-up assessment, participants will be randomly assigned to one of the interventions (CCT or MBSR) with the same instructors.