TY - JOUR
T1 - Compassion Meditation Training for Hospital Chaplain Residents
T2 - A Pilot Study
AU - Ash, Marcia J.
AU - Walker, Elizabeth Reisinger
AU - DiClemente, Ralph J.
AU - Florian, Marianne P.
AU - Palmer, Patricia K.
AU - Wehrmeyer, Kathryn
AU - Negi, Lobsang Tenzin
AU - Grant, George H.
AU - Raison, Charles L.
AU - Mascaro, Jennifer S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study examines the effectiveness of incorporating compassion meditation training into a clinical pastoral education (CPE) curriculum to enhance compassion satisfaction and reduce burnout among hospital chaplain residents. Specifically, a longitudinal, quasi-experimental design was used to examine the impact of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT), a group-delivered compassion meditation intervention. Hospital chaplain residents (n = 15) were assigned to participate in a CBCT intervention or a waitlist comparison group. Chaplains assigned to CBCT reported significant decreases in burnout and anxiety compared to the waitlist group; effects were not maintained at 4-month follow-up. Other outcomes, including compassion satisfaction, did not differ significantly but were trending in the expected direction. Findings suggest that compassion meditation training incorporated into CPE promotes chaplain wellbeing, although it may be necessary to extend CBCT throughout residency to sustain effects.
AB - This study examines the effectiveness of incorporating compassion meditation training into a clinical pastoral education (CPE) curriculum to enhance compassion satisfaction and reduce burnout among hospital chaplain residents. Specifically, a longitudinal, quasi-experimental design was used to examine the impact of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT), a group-delivered compassion meditation intervention. Hospital chaplain residents (n = 15) were assigned to participate in a CBCT intervention or a waitlist comparison group. Chaplains assigned to CBCT reported significant decreases in burnout and anxiety compared to the waitlist group; effects were not maintained at 4-month follow-up. Other outcomes, including compassion satisfaction, did not differ significantly but were trending in the expected direction. Findings suggest that compassion meditation training incorporated into CPE promotes chaplain wellbeing, although it may be necessary to extend CBCT throughout residency to sustain effects.
KW - Burnout
KW - compassion satisfaction
KW - meditation
KW - pastoral education
KW - secondary trauma stress
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U2 - 10.1080/08854726.2020.1723189
DO - 10.1080/08854726.2020.1723189
M3 - Article
C2 - 32053467
AN - SCOPUS:85079707104
SN - 0885-4726
VL - 27
SP - 191
EP - 206
JO - Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
JF - Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
IS - 4
ER -