self-compassion
Sign in to saveIn psychology, self-compassion is extending compassion to one's self in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering. American psychologist Kristin Neff has defined self-compassion as being composed of three main elements – self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. Self-kindness: Self-compassion entails being warm towards oneself when encountering pain and personal shortcomings, rather than ignoring them or hurting oneself with self-criticism. Common humanity: Self-compassion also involves recognizing that suffering and personal failure is part of the shared human
Research
6,041 papers- Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention.Annual review of psychology · 2023
- Self-compassion in Treatment and with Ourselves.Current psychiatry reports · 2023
- The Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2015
- Self-compassion in clinical practice.Journal of clinical psychology · 2013
- Self-compassion, physical health, and health behaviour: a meta-analysis.Health psychology review · 2021
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40 sectionsContents
- Self-Compassion in Contemporary Spirituality
- References
- Scales
- Development
- References
- Self-compassion scale
- Short form
- Six-factor model
- Criticisms of Neff's scale
- Generalizability
- Six-factor model
- Exercises
- How would you treat a friend?
- Self-compassion break
- Exploring through writing
- Criticizer, criticized, and compassionate observer
- Changing your critical self-talk
- Journal
- Identifying what we really want
- Taking care of the caregiver
- Self-forgiveness as an element
- Definition
- Relationship to Self-Compassion
- Process and Components
- Psychological Research and Outcomes
- Pro-social behavior
- Self-acceptance as an element
- Mindfulness
- History
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Mindfulness-based pain management
- Mindful self-compassion therapy
- Compassion focused therapy
- Mindfulness skills in dialectical behavior therapy
- Mindfulness and related skills in acceptance and commitment therapy
- Mindfulness in the Context of Cancer
- See also
- References
- External links
In psychology, self-compassion is extending compassion to one's self in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering. American psychologist Kristin Neff has defined self-compassion as being composed of three main elements – self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. Self-kindness: Self-compassion entails being warm towards oneself when encountering pain and personal shortcomings, rather than ignoring them or hurting oneself with self-criticism. Common humanity: Self-compassion also involves recognizing that suffering and personal failure is part of the shared human experience rather than isolating. Mindfulness: Self-compassion requires taking a balanced approach to one's negative emotions so that feelings are neither suppressed nor exaggerated. Negative thoughts and emotions are observed with openness, so that they are held in mindful awareness. Mindfulness is a non-judgmental, receptive mind state in which individuals observe their thoughts and feelings as they are, without trying to suppress or deny them. Conversely, mindfulness requires that one not be "over-identified" with mental or emotional phenomena, so that one suffers aversive reactions. This latter type of response involves narrowly focusing and ruminating on one's negative emotions.
Self-compassion in some ways resembles Carl Rogers' notion of "unconditional positive regard" applied both towards clients and oneself; Albert Ellis' "unconditional self-acceptance"; Maryhelen Snyder's notion of an "internal empathizer" that explored one's own experience with "curiosity and compassion"; Ann Weiser Cornell's notion of a gentle, allowing relationship with all parts of one's being; and Judith Jordan's concept of self-empathy, which implies acceptance, care and empathy towards the self.