Self-compassion: conceptualization, research, and interventions (Brief review)
Ali Akbar Foroughi, Sajad Khanjani, Sahar Rafiee, Amir Abbas Taheri, Assistant Professor, Department of clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, Ph.D. Student in Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, MA. Student in Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, MA. Student in Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
2020
Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry
With the emergence of the third wave of cognitive-behavioral therapies that are mainly based on mindfulness and acceptance, "compassion" and "self-compassion" have also been studied. Kristin Neff (2003) conceptualized the construct of self-compassion and introduced some scales to assess it. The purpose of current study is to illustrate of self-compassion and its components. It also deals with; the relationship of self-compassion with psychopathology and well-being, its differentiation from
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... esteem, source of compassion, and its role in therapeutic settings. The data used in the current study which was done in 2019, was collected from articles indexed in databases, PubMed, Science-Direct, Google Scholar and Scopus. The collection of reviewed studies consisted of 35 articles covering both quantitative and qualitative research in English since year 2003. The findings show that higher self-compassion is associated with lower anxiety and depression and higher psychological well-being. Furthermore, Self-compassion leads to positive emotions. According to Gilbert (2009), self-compassion is rooted in one's relationships with early caregivers, but research has shown that psychological interventions can improve it. Although, self-compassion has introduced in recent years, it has led to many studies. Selfcompassion can be enhanced with treatments such as Mindful Self Compassion (MSC), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
doi:10.29252/shenakht.6.6.77
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