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 …

Meta-analytic research suggests that women have slightly lower levels of self-compassion
than men, but the contribution of gender role orientation has not been carefully explored …

There has recently been an exponential increase in research into the psychological health
benefits of self-compassion. Since the first two studies on the topic were published by Neff …

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 …

The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) is a widely used measure to assess the trait of self-
compassion, and, so far, it has been implicitly assumed that it functions the same way across …

Background Self‐compassion describes a positive and caring attitude of a person toward
her‐or himself in the face of failures and individual shortcomings. As a result of this caring …

Self-compassion, or the ability to kindly accept oneself while suffering, is a topic of significant
and growing scientific interest. Past research has shown, for example, that self-compassion …

Purpose: Literature shows that sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals are at higher
risk of developing minority stress-related mental health problems. Recently, it has been …

Self-compassion has been associated with well-being in adult samples, but has rarely been
assessed in adolescents. In this study, 90 students ages 11–18 completed an online survey …

Self-compassion is theorised to represent a synergistic system of interplay between self-
kindness, self-judgement, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness, and overidentification …