Trial reportPloS one2022
Nurturing compassion in schools: A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Compassionate Mind Training program for teachers.
Trial report in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07018089 (The Efficacy of the iWork.COMP Among Health Care Professionals), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Efficacy of the iWork.COMP Among Health Care Professionals: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy of compassion and self-compassion training programs for healthcare university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Compassion for others and well-being: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- A synthesis of RCTs on psychological interventions fostering strengths and virtues: Evidence from 21 systematic reviews.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Pooled it
- Compassion-based interventions in Asian communities: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2023Pooled it
- Self-Criticism as a Mechanism of Change in Compassion-Based Interventions: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modelling Approach and Systematic Review.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- A Longitudinal Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention in Teachers: Changes in Psychosocial Risks, Burnout, Depression, and Salivary Cortisol.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- When Compassion Matters Most: Self-Efficacy as a Moderator of Compassion Effects on Teacher Performance Perceptions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Compassionate mind training as school-based social and emotional learning: extension to younger pupils and effects of programme dosage.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Autonomic Nervous System and Possible Determinants of Social Behavior: A Systematic Review of its Relationship Among Psychopathy, Compassion, and Theory of Mind.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Review
- Dynamic duo is inseparable: Self-compassion and compassion for others interact to predict well-being.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- Evaluating "Conmigo, Contigo, Con Todo": Effects of a community mental health initiative on Afro-Colombian teachers.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Enhancing wellbeing among pre-service teachers through a mindfulness-based social and emotional learning curriculum: a quasi-experimental study in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring Academic Emotions Using Design Thinking Applied to Elementary School Learning Stress Adaptation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Interventions to Reduce Stress and Burnout among Teachers: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Improvements in Compassion and Fears of Compassion throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Compassionate Work Environments and Their Role in Teachers' Life Satisfaction: The Contribution of Perceived Collective School Performance and Burnout.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Children's Perspectives on Using Serious Games as a Complement to Promoting Their Social-Emotional Skills.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesSchools are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis, with teachers reporting high levels of stress and burnout, which has adverse consequences to their mental and physical health. Addressing mental and physical health problems and promoting wellbeing in educational settings is thus a global priority. This study investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of an 8-week Compassionate Mind Training program for Teachers (CMT-T) on indicators of psychological and physiological wellbeing.
methodsA pragmatic randomized controlled study with a stepped-wedge design was conducted in a sample of 155 public school teachers, who were randomized to CMT-T (n = 80) or a waitlist control group (WLC; n = 75). Participants completed self-report measures of psychological distress, burnout, overall and professional wellbeing, compassion and self-criticism at baseline, post-intervention, and 3-months follow-up. In a sub-sample (CMT-T, n = 51; WLC n = 36) resting heart-rate variability (HRV) was measured at baseline and post-intervention.
resultsCMT-T was feasible and effective. Compared to the WLC, the CMT-T group showed improvements in self-compassion, compassion to others, positive affect, and HRV as well as reductions in fears of compassion, anxiety and depression. WLC participants who received CMT-T revealed additional improvements in compassion for others and from others, and satisfaction with professional life, along with decreases in burnout and stress. Teachers scoring higher in self-criticism at baseline revealed greater improvements post CMT-T. At 3-month follow-up improvements were retained.
conclusionsCMT-T shows promise as a compassion-focused intervention for enhancing compassion, wellbeing and reducing psychophysiological distress in teachers, contributing to nurturing compassionate, prosocial and resilient educational environments. Given its favourable and sustainable effects on wellbeing and psychophysiological distress, and low cost to deliver, broader implementation and dissemination of CMT-T is encouraged.
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