Feasibility and acceptability of a single-session online workshop targeting self-compassion skills for emerging adults with disordered eating

A workshop building self-compassion skills is relevant to emerging adults and could be protective for those with disordered eating. Future work to examine the efficacy of the workshop appears warranted. Self-compassion can serve a protective role in guarding against the development of disordered eating. The first study explored how relevant self-compassion is to emerging adults and how much they believe having a self-compassion mindset can impact disordered eating. The second study explored how preferable a one-time online workshop targeting self-compassion skills would be to emerging adults with disordered eating. Emerging adults understood what self-compassion is and appreciated its actual importance in their lives. Additionally, emerging adults expected that having a self-compassion mindset would positively impact their eating disorder symptoms. Further, the online workshop was feasible and acceptable to emerging adults with disordered eating. A workshop building self-compassion skills may be protective for emerging adults with disordered eating.