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. 2024 Mar 15;24:291. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05270-z

Table 2.

Mean scores and values demonstrating pre/post course differences for the compassion course and the control courses across the self-compassion and their subcomponents. Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests were performed to determine whether there was a significant increase in pre/post scores for the control and compassion groups

Scale Control Compassion P value
Mean pre-course score (SD) Mean post-course score (SD) P value Mean pre-course score (SD) Mean post-course score (SD)
Self-Compassion (total) 32.8 (4.665) 34.2 (7.111) 0.461 31.7 (6.6) 40.5 (7.4) 0.008*
Self-Kindness 5.7 (0.8) 5.8 (1.0) 1 5.7 (1.6) 7.1 (1.5) 0.033*
Self-Judgment 6.2 (1.5) 6.3 (1.5) 0.564 6.6 (1.3) 5.0 (1.6) 0.037*
Common Humanity 4.8 (1.5) 5.3 (1.6) 0.102 4.6 (1.3) 7.0 (1.3) 0.003*
Isolation 8.3 (1.0) 7.0 (1.5) 0.109 7.5 (2.0) 6.2 (2.5) 0.028*
Mindfulness 7.8 (1.5) 7.0 (1.9) 0.180 7.3 (1.2) 8.0 (1.0) 0.074
Overidentification 7.0 (2.4) 6.7 (1.8) 1 7.8 (1.7) 6.5 (1.6) 0.007*

*Indicates a significant difference between pre/post-course scores (p < 0.05)