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Open AccessWhat Do (and Don’t) We Know About Self-Compassion? Trends and Issues in Theory, Mechanisms, and Outcomes
While self-compassion is increasingly being researched, a clear understanding of what self-compassion is, how it works, and for which outcomes remains elusive. This article summarizes and critically evaluates cur...
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Open AccessSelf-Compassion and Compassion for Others: A Multiple Mediation Study of Personal Values
Self-compassion has been associated with numerous benefits at a personal level. However, despite suggestions that self-compassion might also lead to benefits for others, findings are inconsistent, and evidence...
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Open AccessA Systematic Review on Mediation Studies of Self-Compassion and Physical Health Outcomes in Non-Clinical Adult Populations
Growing research indicates that self-compassion is associated with key physical health outcomes in non-clinical adult populations. This systematic review was designed to characterize the mediators linking self...
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Self-compassion as a Stress Moderator: A Cross-sectional Study of 1700 Doctors, Nurses, and Medical Students
Work stress is common in healthcare and reliably predicts negative outcomes, including burnout and lower quality of life (QOL). However, few studies have investigated factors that might attenuate the impact of...
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Individuals Who Have Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evaluating Depression and Anxiety as Mediators of Change in Disease Activity
Although the current randomized controlled trial has previously reported an effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on improving disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the possible mechanis...
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A Brief Mindfulness Intervention Is Associated with Negative Outcomes in a Randomised Controlled Trial Among Chemotherapy Patients
Emotional distress is common during chemotherapy, and supportive interventions during this time are often required. Mindfulness-based interventions appear promising amongst cancer survivors, but scant research...
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Increasing Compassion in Medical Decision-Making: Can a Brief Mindfulness Intervention Help?
Compassion is an essential component of medical practice but is difficult to sustain over time. This problem is increasingly recognized in medical curricula. Mindfulness-based interventions have the potential ...
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Paradoxical Effects of Self-Compassion on Mood and Teeth Flossing Behavior in an Experimental Setting
Dispositional self-compassion has been linked to better mood and better health behaviors in numerous studies, albeit in cross-sectional designs employing self-report measurement. This study (n = 42) experimentall...
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Why It Pays to be Mindful: Trait Mindfulness Predicts Physiological Recovery from Emotional Stress and Greater Differentiation among Negative Emotions
Although mindfulness has been generally linked to superior emotional functioning, several areas remain unclear. In extending prior work, the current report evaluated the link between trait mindfulness and phys...
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Mindfulness and Disgust in Colorectal Cancer Scenarios: Non-judging and Non-reacting Components Predict Avoidance When It Makes Sense
Mindfulness facilitates greater tolerance of unpleasant emotion and may thus promote better decision making in health settings where emotional avoidance is common. Disgust’s elicitors are common in colorectal ...
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Sex and age cohort differences in patterns of socioemotional functioning in older adults and their links to physical resilience
Although the aging process brings with it some common challenges to older men and women, there has been little attention to gender differences in patterns of socioemotional functioning or their links to adapti...
