Journal article
Beliefs About Self-Compassion: Implications for Coping and Self-Improvement
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN, v 47(9), pp 1327-1342
Sep 2021
PMID: 33166205
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Abstract
Self-compassion-treating oneself with care and understanding during difficult times-promotes adaptive coping and self-improvement. Nonetheless, many people are not self-compassionate. We examined a key barrier people face to treating themselves self-compassionately: their negative beliefs about self-compassion (i.e., that it leads to complacency, indulgence, or irresponsibility). Across three studies, the more people held these negative beliefs, the less self-compassionately they reported responding to a real-world event (Study 2) and hypothetical emotional challenges (Studies 1 and 3). Self-compassionate responding, in turn, predicted adaptive coping strategies and intentions for self-improvement. Experimentally inducing people to hold positive, as opposed to negative, beliefs about self-compassion predicted self-compassionate responding 5 to 7 days later (Study 3). By recognizing and targeting peoples' beliefs, our findings highlight the importance of reducing such beliefs that are barriers to practicing self-compassion, as a means to improve the way people respond to difficult times.
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- Title
- Beliefs About Self-Compassion: Implications for Coping and Self-Improvement
- Creators
- Christina Chwyl - Drexel University, Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)Patricia Chen - National University of SingaporeJamil Zaki - Stanford University
- Publication Details
- PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN, v 47(9), pp 1327-1342
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC; THOUSAND OAKS
- Number of pages
- 15
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000636508700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85095771712
- Other Identifier
- 991021860754604721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Social