Exploring compassion: A meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology
MacBeth and Gumley produced the first systematic review of the relationship between self-compassion and mental health, combining twenty samples from fourteen studies, all of which used the same scale. The association is large by the standards of this literature: people who score higher on self-compassion report substantially lower levels of psychopathology, and the finding was consistent enough that the authors found no sign of publication bias distorting it. Two limits belong on the page. The studies varied considerably among themselves, which the authors report, and every one of them measured both sides of the relationship with self-report questionnaires completed at the same sitting, so some of the association reflects shared method rather than a connection in the world. Their conclusion is that self-compassion is an important variable in understanding mental health and resilience, and that the evidence base needs building. This vault cites it as the starting point of the clinical literature.
MacBeth and Gumley produced the first systematic review of the relationship between self-compassion and mental health, combining twenty samples from fourteen studies, all of which used the same scale. The association is large by the standards of this literature: people who score higher on self-compassion report substantially lower levels of psychopathology, and the finding was consistent enough that the authors found no sign of publication bias distorting it. Two limits belong on the page. The studies varied considerably among themselves, which the authors report, and every one of them measured both sides of the relationship with self-report questionnaires completed at the same sitting, so some of the association reflects shared method rather than a connection in the world. Their conclusion is that self-compassion is an important variable in understanding mental health and resilience, and that the evidence base needs building. This vault cites it as the starting point of the clinical literature.
Written from the abstract, Europe PMC.
What our sources record
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14 studies, 20 samples, all using Neff's scale; r = −0.54, 95% CI −0.57 to −0.51.
Where we use it
- Why You Are Kinder to Your Friends Than to Yourself, Why We Care
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2012.06.003
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.06.003