Weekly group sessions on self-kindness cut putting off schoolwork in high-school girls
Who it’s about: Students
- Helped
Girls who had eight weekly group sessions on self-kindness put off schoolwork less than girls without training.
- Action: Do a short self-compassion exercisetested
- Rule: Practise with a groupused
- Rule: In weekly sessionsused
Small randomised trial of 60 high-school girls in Tehran, Iran · vs girls who got no training · they rated themselves
The study
Who took part
60 girls in grades 10 to 12 at high schools in Tehran, Iran, split by lottery into two groups of 30. They weren't chosen for putting things off.
What they did
One group had 8 weekly group sessions of 90 minutes on being kind to themselves, over about two months. They practised kind imagery and wrote kind letters to themselves. The other group got no training.
What happened
At the end, the training group rated themselves as putting off schoolwork less than the other group. The table numbers were partly garbled when read, so we don't give sizes. Nobody was checked again later.
Source
The Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Training on Sense of Security and Academic Procrastination in Female High School Students (2025)
DOI: 10.61838/kman.pdmd.4.1.14 (opens in a new tab)
