Associations of self-compassion and global self-esteem with positive and negative affect and stress reactivity in daily life: Findings from a smart phone study

The relationship of self-compassion and depression: Cross-lagged panel analyses in depressed patients after outpatient therapy

“…Despite this similarity, it is important to keep in mind that there are some studies suggesting that self-compassion can explain how people feel or how they react to adversities above and beyond self-esteem (Krieger et al, 2015;Neff and Vonk, 2009). Moreover, Marshall and colleagues (2015) recently showed in a longitudinal study in a large sample of adolescents that self-compassion moderated the association of low self-esteem on mental health.…”

“…In previous studies, a compassionate attitude towards the self has shown to buffer the effect of stressful situations on negative affect or psychopathological symptoms and to promote well-being. For example, empirical studies have suggested that self-compassion has a buffering effect on negative affect and depressive or other psychopathological symptoms, when coping with homesickness (Terry et al, 2013), with divorce (Sbarra et al, 2012), or with other negative or stressful events (Krieger et al, 2015;Leary et al, 2007). A proposed mechanism behind this association is that people who treat themselves in stressful situations with more self-compassion show more proactive and less avoiding coping strategies (Allen and Leary, 2010).…”

The Effectiveness of a Brief Self-Compassion Intervention Program on Self-Compassion, Positive and Negative Affect and Life Satisfaction

“…Up until now, a large body of studies has highlighted that self-compassion promotes positive affect and reduces negative affect Neff & Vonk, 2009;Krieger et al, 2015), examining it through questionnaire distribution. Nevertheless, only one study (Smeets et al, 2014) seems to have investigated this effect through a brief 3-week self-compassion intervention.…”

“…There is a proliferation of research over the past decade highlighting the association of self-compassion with psychological well being (Barnard & Curry, 2011;Krieger et al, 2015;Neff, 2009) and functioning (Birnie, Speca, & Carlson, 2010;. There is strong evidence that self-compassion constitutes a factor predicting psychological well being and promoting positive mental health benefits (Neff, 2004;Smeets et al, 2014).…”

“…Self-compassion also relates to core constructs in health and well-being (more specifically emotional well-being) (Neff & Lamb, 2009) and is associated with positive and negative effect, according to Krieger et al (2015). Their investigation showed that self-compassion was positively correlated with positive affect and negatively correlated with negative affect Neff & Vonk, 2009) while the same results revealed by Arimitsu & Hofmann (2015), arguing that self-compassion leads to increase of positive automatic thoughts which in turn lead to higher levels of life satisfaction and lower levels of anxiety.…”