Self-compassion refers to being supportive toward oneself when experiencing suffering or
pain—be it caused by personal mistakes and inadequacies or external life challenges. This …

This brief commentary highlights the faulty reasoning underlying claims that selfcompassion
should not be conceptualized or measured as a unitary construct because compassionate …

Objective Negative events tend to reduce self‐concept clarity, which could hinder self‐
change. Three studies (total n= 1603) including two preregistered tested whether inducing …

Objectives Self-compassion is theorized to be a state of mind representing the balance of
compassionate self-responding (CS; kindness, common humanity and mindfulness) and …

Purpose In this pre-registered research, we tested how attachment anxiety and attachment
avoidance were related to psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration …

Abstract Three studies (total n= 3576) employed latent profile analyses to identify how self-
compassion and self-esteem are configured within individuals. Furthermore, these studies …

Self-compassion involves treating oneself with the same kindness, understanding, and
forgiveness that one would typically offer a friend in times of suffering or adversity. While self …

Abstract Three studies (combined N= 1035) tested whether inducing a self-compassionate
state of mind would help people regulate affect and aggressive inclinations toward rejecters …

Objectives Numerous studies have focused on the ways to cultivate self-compassion (SC).
Most of the SC interventions were typically lengthy and did not capture momentary …

Self-compassion is frequently framed as a transdiagnostic or cross-syndrome intervention
target that has the potential to deliver benefits across a range of mental health outcomes in …