Interplay between self-compassion and affect during Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living for recurrent depression: An Autoregressive Latent Trajectory analysis

Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 146, pp. 103946

Abstract

The current study aimed to investigate the possible interplay between self-compassion and affect during Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (MBCL) in recurrently depressed individuals. Data was used from a subsample of a parallel-group randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy of MBCL in recurrently depressed adults (n = 104). Self-reports of self-compassion and positive/negative affect were obtained at the start of each of the eight MBCL sessions. Bivariate Autoregressive Latent Trajectory (ALT) modeling showed that, when looking at the interplay between self-compassion and positive/negative affect on a session-to-session basis, no significant reciprocal cross-lagged effects between self-compassion and positive affect were found. Although there were no cross-lagged effects from negative affect to self-compassion, higher levels of self-compassion at each session did predict lower levels of negative affect at the subsequent session (bSC(t-1),NA(t) = -0.182, s.e. = 0.076, p = .017). The current study shows that increases in self-compassion are followed by decreases in negative affect in MBCL for depression.

Authors 7

1. Marleen J. ter Avest corresponding

   Radboud University Nijmegen · Radboud University Medical Center · Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour

   Affiliation as printed

   Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Kapittelweg 29, 6525 EN, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: marleen.teravest@radboudumc.nl

   Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Kapittelweg 29, 6525 EN, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

   Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

2. Rhoda Schuling

   Radboud University Nijmegen · Radboud University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: rhoda.schuling@radboudumc.nl

   Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

3. Corina U. Greven

   Radboud University Nijmegen · King's College London · Radboud University Medical Center · Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour

   Affiliation as printed

   Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Kapittelweg 29, 6525 EN, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Center, Reinier Postlaan 12, 6525 G, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 16 De Crespigny Park, Camberwell, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Electronic address: c.greven@donders.ru.nl

   Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Center, Reinier Postlaan 12, 6525 G, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

   Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Kapittelweg 29, 6525 EN, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

   Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 16 De Crespigny Park, Camberwell, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom

4. Marloes J. Huijbers

   Radboud University Nijmegen · Radboud University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: marloes.huijbers@radboudumc.nl

   Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

5. Tom F. Wilderjans Aachen Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition Methodology and Statistics Research Unit Institute of Psychology Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

   Leiden University · Leiden University Medical Center · KU Leuven

   Affiliation as printed

   Methodology and Statistics Research Unit, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Pieter de la Court Building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands; Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC), 2300 RC, Leiden, the Netherlands; Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: wilderjans@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

   Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC), 2300 RC, Leiden, the Netherlands

   Methodology and Statistics Research Unit, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Pieter de la Court Building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands

   Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

6. Philip Spinhoven Aachen Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Institute of Psychology, Leiden University

   Leiden University · Leiden University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Pieter de la Court Building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: spinhoven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

   Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands

   Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Pieter de la Court Building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands

7. Anne E. M. Speckens

   Radboud University Nijmegen · Radboud University Medical Center · Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour

   Affiliation as printed

   Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: anne.speckens@radboudumc.nl

   Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mindfulness, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands