Recently, we showed that 4-week mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) followed by 4-week existential approach (EXMIND) was as effective for developing self-compassion as 8-week MBI. This study aims to identify the predictors to EXMIND. Of the 63 participants who completed the EXMIND group, 60 participants had baseline, 4-week, and 8-week total scores of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). Of the participants, 49 were female and 11 were male, with a mean age of 48.4 years. We investigated the participants’ intervention response patterns, then used analysis of variance to compared those patterns by age, gender, and the baseline scores of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa and San Diego Auto-questionnaire, the Temperament and Character Inventory, Mini-Mental State Examination, the Japanese Adult Reading Test, Young Mania Rating Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, the Parental Bonding Instrument, and the Purpose in Life Test. In addition, multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify any response pattern predictors. Participants were divided into 4 groups based on response patterns in the changes of total SCS scores of the EXMIND group. The first group consisted of 15 participants who responded positively to MBI, but negatively to the existential approach (A group). The second group consisted of 23 participants who responded negatively to MBI, but positively to the existential approach (B group). The third group consisted of 20 participants who responded positively to both MBI and the existential approach (C group). The fourth group consisted of only 2 participants who responded negatively to both MBI and the existential approach (D group). Participants who responded positively to both MBI and the existential approach (C group) reported more maternal overprotectiveness than the other participants (groups A, B, and D). The present findings suggest that maternal overprotection may predict consistent improvement of self-compassion during EXMIND therapy.

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孕产妇的过度保护预示着基于正念的干预和生存方法期间自我同情的持续改善：EXMIND研究的二级分析

最近，我们显示，基于4周正念的干预（MBI）紧随4周存在性方法（EXMIND）与8周MBI一样有效地发展了自我同情。本研究旨在确定EXMIND的预测因素。在完成EXMIND组的63位参与者中，有60位参与者的自我同情心量表（SCS）的基线，4周和8周总得分。参与者中，女性49位，男性11位，平均年龄为48.4岁。我们调查了参与者的干预反应模式，然后使用方差分析按年龄，性别和孟菲斯，比萨和圣地亚哥自动调查问卷气质评估，气质和性格量表，Mini-精神状态考试，日本成人阅读测验，年轻躁狂症评分量表，汉密尔顿抑郁量表，父母亲结合工具和生活目的测试。另外，进行了多元逻辑回归分析以识别任何反应模式预测因子。根据EXMIND组总SCS得分变化的反应方式，将参与者分为4组。第一组由15位参与者组成，他们对MBI表示肯定，但对现存方法表示否定（A组）。第二组由23位参与者组成，他们对MBI的回答是负面的，但对存在主义的态度则是积极的（B组）。第三组由20位参与者组成，他们对MBI和存在主义方法均做出了积极回应（C组）。第四组仅由2位参与者组成，他们对MBI和存在性方法都做出了负面反应（D组）。对MBI和存在性方法均反应良好的参与者（C组）比其他参与者（A，B和D组）报告了更多的孕产妇过度保护。目前的发现表明，孕妇过度保护可能预示着EXMIND治疗期间自我同情的持续改善。