A Compassion-based Intervention for Internal and External Shame
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Brief summary
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This is a four-arm randomized pilot study aimed at reducing internal and/or external shame using self-compassion and/or compassion from others. The study is designed to test the theory that trait shame is comprised of both internal and external shame and to test compassion for others as an intervention for external shame.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04600557
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 439 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Describing a shameful experience using a self-compassionate prompt Behavioral
- Receiving compassionate responses from confederates Behavioral
- Describing a shameful experience using a neutral prompt Behavioral
- Receiving no response from confederates Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 11, 2019
- Primary completion
- Nov 17, 2021
- Completion
- Nov 17, 2021
- Last update posted
- Nov 30, 2021
2019 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Texas | 78705 | — |
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- Last update posted Nov 30, 2021 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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