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Drs. Neff and Germer co-authored the book The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, which was published by Guilford in 2018, and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals in 2019. Neff has been interviewed for The Atlantic [6] and has written for University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Magazine. [7]
Currently, Kristin Neff's Self-Compassion Scale is the main self-report instrument used to measure self-compassion. Although it is widely accepted as being a reliable and valid tool to measure self-compassion, some researchers have posed questions regarding the scale's generalizability and its use of a six-factor model.
Self-compassion is an adaptive way of relating to the self when considering personal inadequacies or difficult life circumstances." [20] Self-compassion refers to the ability to hold one's feelings of suffering with a sense of warmth, connection, and concern. Neff, K.D.(2003b) has proposed three major components of self-compassion.
Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer identified three levels of activities that thwart self-compassion: self-criticism, self-isolation, and self-absorption; they equate this to fight, flight, and freeze responses. [56] Parenting practices contribute to the development of self-compassion in children.
This approach, Professor Neff and colleagues have found, can be beneficial for romantic relationships. [8] In their study, self-compassion, not self-esteem, was significantly linked with greater relationship satisfaction. In addition, the presence of self-compassion predicted more positive relationship behaviors and less negative behaviors. [8]
She worked with Kristin Neff, [9] a pioneer in the field of empirical research on self-compassion, and she translated Neff's test for self-compassion to Dutch. From 2005 [ 10 ] till 2008 Vonk was chairperson of animal welfare organisation Wakker Dier .
The Journal of Educational Psychology conducted a study in which they used a sample of 383 Malaysian undergraduates participating in work integrated learning (WIL) programs across five public universities to test the relationship between self-esteem and other psychological attributes such as self-efficacy and self-confidence. The results ...
Suffering plays an important role in a number of religions, regarding matters such as the following: consolation or relief; moral conduct (do no harm, help the afflicted, show compassion); spiritual advancement through life hardships or through self-imposed trials (mortification of the flesh, penance, asceticism); ultimate destiny (salvation ...