Objectives A growing body of evidence shows self-compassion can play a key role in
alleviating depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress in various populations. Interventions …

Background Chronic pain (CP) has serious medical and social consequences and leads to
economic burden that threatens the sustainability of healthcare services. Thus, optimized …

Recent research indicates that the association between self-compassion and interpersonal
relationships might be reciprocal. Many studies suggest that self-compassion originated …

Objective To date, research with people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has only
examined how self-compassion is linked with stress, and have exclusively used cross …

Abstract Objectives Evidence shows that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an
empirically supported psychological approach for chronic pain (CP) management. Although …

Background Previous cross‐sectional studies have examined the relationship between self‐
compassion and depression. Although it is often implicitly assumed that self‐compassion …

Pain disability is a primary target of treatment for chronic pain. Self-compassion shows
promise as an intervention to reduce pain disability, but mechanisms linking self …

Introduction Stigma adversely affects people with chronic pain. The qualities within self-
compassion may be particularly useful for buffering the impact of stigma on people with pain …

Racially minoritized adults lack equal representation in research and experience disparities
in healthcare. Little is known about which trait-level factors may help mitigate negative and …

Objective Women in midlife face a range of biopsychosocial stressors that increase the risk
of depression, with potential negative consequences in older adulthood. Lower self …