Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2023
Boosting Empathy and Compassion Through Mindfulness-Based and Socioemotional Dyadic Practice: Randomized Controlled Trial With App-Delivered Trainings.
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Investigating the Differential Effects of Online Mental Training Interventions on Mental Well-being and Social Cohesion
Investigating the Effects of an Online Empathy-Compassion Dyad Intervention on Teacher Resilience, Mental Health, Social Emotions, Social Communication, and Interactions
The Edu:Social Health Care Project: Investigating the Effects of an Online Socio-emotional Dyad Intervention on Healthcare Students' Mental Health, Resilience, Social Competencies and Behaviors
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Examining the Effects of a Brief, Fully Self-Guided Mindfulness Ecological Momentary Intervention on Empathy and Theory-of-Mind for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2024Trial
- Reducing neuroendocrine psychosocial stress response through socio-emotional dyadic but not mindfulness online training.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Trial
- Neuropsychological Mechanisms Associated with the Effectiveness of AI-Delivered Health Promotion Programs: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Harnessing the Neurobiology of Empathy and Compassion to Alleviate Burnout in Neurology.Annals of neurology · 2026Review
- The effectiveness of digital interventions for enhancing empathy in adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Autonomic and psychophysiological effects of a 13-week mindfulness-based intervention in university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The impact of reflective practice on the development of nursing undergraduate students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Synchronous Smiles and Hearts: Dyadic Meditations Enhance Closeness and Prosocial Behavior in Virtual and In-Person Settings.Mindfulness · 2025Article
- Human Factors and Organizational Issues: Contributions from 2023.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2024Review
- 10-Week Trajectories of Candidate Psychological Processes Differentially Predict Mental Health Gains from Online Dyadic versus Mindfulness Interventions: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundContemplative trainings have been found to effectively improve social skills such as empathy and compassion. However, there is a lack of research on the efficacy of app-delivered mindfulness-based and dyadic practices in boosting socioaffective capacity.
objectiveThe first aim of this study was to compare a novel app-delivered, partner-based socioemotional intervention (Affect Dyad) with mindfulness-based training to foster empathy and compassion for the self or others. The second aim of this study was to investigate the underlying mechanisms of these effects.
methodsThis randomized controlled trial included socioemotional and mindfulness-based interventions and a waitlist control group, which received socioemotional training after the postintervention assessment. We used linear mixed-effects models to test intervention effects on self-report measures and an ecologically valid computer task of empathy, compassion for the self and others, and theory of mind. Moderated mediation models were used to investigate whether changes in acceptance, empathic distress, empathic listening, interoceptive awareness, and mindfulness served as underlying psychological processes of intervention effects.
resultsIn 218 participants (mean age 44.12, SD 11.71 years; 160/218, 73.4% female), we found all interventions to have positive effects on composite scores for compassion toward the self (β
conclusionsUsing a multimethod approach, this study shows that app-delivered socioemotional and mindfulness-based trainings are effective in fostering compassion for the self and others in self-report. Both low-dose trainings could boost behavioral empathy markers; however, the effects on behavioral and dispositional markers of compassion only trended after dyadic practice, yet these effects did not reach statistical significance. Training-related increases in self-compassion rely on differential psychological processes, that is, on improved empathic distress regulation through mindfulness-based training and the activation of a human care- and acceptance-based system through socioemotional dyadic training.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04889508; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04889508.
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