The experience of self-compassion training among NHS healthcare professionals.

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Health Psychology Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-30 DOI:10.1177/13591053241267041

Sarah Wason, Ceri Sims

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Abstract

Self-compassion in healthcare professionals (HCPs) is under-researched and undervalued. Promoting self-compassion within healthcare could have far-reaching benefits. This research study explores the experience of four NHS HCPs receiving a single short self-compassion training, with recommended at-home practices completed over 4 weeks. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews gathered information about their experience, resultant wellbeing and any impact on colleagues and patients. The main themes emerging from analysis of the interviews were motivation, permission and prioritisation. The motivation to practise self-compassion, and share this learning resulted from improved understanding of its potential benefits. Permission ties in with the notion of common humanity in self-compassion and its impact on negative self-talk and negative attitudes to self-compassion in a workplace. Prioritisation acknowledges the challenges for HCPs of investing time in self-compassion practice despite overstretched HCP workloads. Further consideration of these themes may help to better target any future research into strategies for enabling self-compassion among HCPs.

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英国国家医疗服务系统（NHS）医护人员的自我同情培训体验。

对医疗保健专业人员（HCPs）的自我同情研究不足，其价值也被低估。在医疗保健领域促进自我同情会带来深远的益处。本研究探讨了四名英国国家医疗服务系统（NHS）医护人员在接受一次短期自我同情培训后的体验，并建议他们在 4 周内完成居家练习。随后，半结构式访谈收集了有关他们的经历、由此产生的幸福感以及对同事和患者的影响的信息。对访谈进行分析后得出的主要主题是动机、许可和优先级。对其潜在益处有了更深入的了解，就有了练习自我同情和分享学习成果的动力。允许与自我同情中的共同人性概念及其对消极的自我对话和工作场所中对自我同情的消极态度的影响有关。优先考虑承认了卫生保健人员在工作负担过重的情况下仍要投入时间进行自我同情练习所面临的挑战。对这些主题的进一步考虑可能有助于更好地确定未来对促进高级保健人员自我同情策略的研究目标。

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Journal of Health Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： ournal of Health Psychology is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to support and help shape research in health psychology from around the world. It provides a platform for traditional empirical analyses as well as more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches. It also addresses the social contexts in which psychological and health processes are embedded. Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.