Evaluating the effectiveness of enhancing resilience in human service professionals using a retreat-based Mindfulness with Metta Training Program: a randomised control trial.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine whether a brief Mindfulness with Metta Training Program (MMTP) in a retreat format could enhance resilience, mindfulness, and self-compassion in human services professionals.
Results Summary
No significant differences were found between the retreat and control groups immediately post-intervention, but the retreat group showed significant improvements in mindfulness and self-compassion at one and four months, and in resilience at four months.
Population
Human services professionals
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
Not specified (follow-up at one and four months post-intervention)
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mindfulness with Metta Training Program (MMTP) | no change | resilience, mindfulness and self-compassion | human services professionals | no significant differences | no significant differences between the retreat and control groups were found | #1 |
Mindfulness with Metta Training Program (MMTP) | increase | mindfulness and self-compassion | retreat group | at one and four months | significant improvements were observed over time | #2 |
Mindfulness with Metta Training Program (MMTP) | increase | resilience | retreat group | at four-months post MMTP intervention | significant improvements were observed over time | #3 |
Mindfulness with Metta Training Program (MMTP) in a retreat format | increase | resilience, mindfulness and self-compassion | human services professionals | - | is a promising method of increasing | #4 |
This paper explores the feasibility of a brief Mindfulness with Metta Training Program (MMTP), targeting the enhancement of mindfulness and self-compassion in a retreat format, as a means of increasing resilience in human services professionals. In this randomised control trial, 44 human services professionals were randomly allocated either to a MMTP retreat group or to a control group. Following the MMTP intervention, no significant differences between the retreat and control groups were found on resilience, mindfulness and self-compassion variables. However, significant improvements were observed over time for the retreat group for mindfulness and self-compassion at one and four months and for resilience at four-months post MMTP intervention. The results of this pilot study show that MMTP in a retreat format is a promising method of increasing resilience, mindfulness and self-compassion in human services professionals.