Compassion has emerged as an important construct in studies of mental health and
psychological therapy. Although an increasing number of studies have explored …

Although self-compassion has been extensively studied in the recent decades, the
representation of self-compassion as a unitary measure or the presence of self-warmth (ie …

Self‐compassion is increasingly explored as a protective factor in relation to
psychopathology. The Self‐Compassion Scale (SCS) and its Short Form variant (SCS‐SF) …

While research suggests strong associations of self-compassion with mental health and well-
being, gender norms may hinder the development of self-compassion by women on one …

Background Studies of the value of compassion on physical and mental health and social
relationships have proliferated in the last 25 years. Although, there are several …

The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) is currently the only self-report instrument to measure self-
compassion. The SCS is widely used despite the limited evidence for the scale's …

Within American psychology, there has been a recent surge of interest in self-compassion, a
construct from Buddhist thought. Self-compassion entails:(a) being kind and understanding …

Abstract The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003a) is the most widely used measure of
self-compassion. Self-compassion, as measured by the SCS, is robustly linked to …

Background During the last years, there has been a growing interest in self‐compassion.
Empirical evidences show that self‐compassion is associated with psychological benefits …

Self-compassion involves being kind to oneself when challenged with personal weaknesses
or hardship and has been claimed to be associated with resilience in various areas. So far …