Efficiency of mindful self-compassion training on hedonia, autobiographical memory and sleep quality in depressed university students

Abstract

Background: Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of compassionate education on the conscious mind and the study of pleasure-seeking, historical memory, and sleep quality in depressed individuals. But there is a research gap about the impact of self-awareness training on self-awareness, pleasure-seeking, recollective memory, and the quality of sleep of depressed students. Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of self-conscious compassion training on the enjoyment, self-esteem and sleep quality of depressed students. Method: This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students who were studying in Lahijan Azad University during the years 2018-2019. 36 depressed students were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (18 for each group). Were replaced. Research tools include the Pleasure Questionnaire (Hamilton, 1995), Memory of the Self (Williams & Broadbent, 1986), and Sleep Quality (Boyce et al., 1988). Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. Results: Self-conscious compassion training had a significant effect on enjoyment, self-remembering and sleep quality (p< 0/001). Conclusions: Self-conscious compassion training program improved enjoyment, memory and sleep quality in students with depressive symptoms

Keywords

• autobiographical memory
• mindful self-compassion training
• hedonia
• sleep quality