Abstract

SERRAO, Carla  and  ALVES, Sílvia. Exploration of self-compassion in the context of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2018, n.spe6, pp.85-91. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0218.

BACKGROUND: Health and social workers are daily exposed to suffering situations that can generate stress and burnout and affect the task of caring. Developed primarily in clinical settings, Mindfulness-Based intervention programs - specifically Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - have shown promising results in reducing depression, stress, and anxiety. AIM: To evaluate the effect of MBCT on health and social professionals in the Mindfulness, self-compassion, stress, anxiety and depression levels, and explore the relationship between self-compassion and the remaining variables under study. METHODOLOGY: 26 professionals/future health and social workers who participated in the MBCT program completed the pre and post-intervention evaluation; Instruments: Self-compassion Scale, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, and Beck Anxiety Inventory. RESULTS: Participants increased levels of Mindfulness and self-compassion and reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety. Results also indicate an association, between moderate and strong, between the components of self-compassion and Mindfulness and stress before and after the program. CONCLUSIONS: The positive effects of the MBCT program suggest its potential to foster in professionals the development of essential skills for therapeutic intervention, namely a greater understanding and acceptance of the person and the suffering experience.

Keywords : Mindfulness; Meditation; Empathy.

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