Mechanisms of change in compassion-based programs for medical students.
Scientific reports December 2, 2024 Sara Rodriguez-Moreno, Blanca Rojas, Pablo Roca 6 citations
An eight-week Compassion Cultivation Training program for medical students reduced stress and anxiety, with improvements in emotion regulation and mindfulness skills explaining these benefits. Women showed greater reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression and greater improvements in well-being immediately after the program, but these gender differences did not persist at a two-month follow-up. The findings suggest that compassion training can alleviate psychological distress in medical students by enhancing emotion regulation and mindfulness.