Can self-compassion help people regulate unattained goals and emotional reactions toward setbacks?

The Effects of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Social Adjustment in Female Prisoners

“…The higher the score is, the lower the compatibility [16]. In one study, the reliability and validity of this test were obtained as 0.84 and 0.80, respectively [17]. The validity and reliability of this scale in this study were measures as 0.79 and 0.83, respectively.…”

Self‐compassion at work: A self‐regulation perspective on its beneficial effects for work performance and wellbeing

“…Resilience, which refers to positively adapting to daily challenges in one's job (e.g., D. D. King, 2016;Luthans, Youssef, et al, 2007), is also a useful indicator of control effort at work, as it indicates that employees took stressful things in stride and devoted energy to overcoming obstacles in their jobs that day (e.g., D. M. Fisher et al, 2019). Furthermore, these work behaviors are meaningful to consider in relation to a work self-compassionate mindset because the self-compassion literature has noted that a self-compassionate perspective may facilitate the investment of oneself into goal-oriented tasks and may foster resilience in goal pursuit (e.g., Breines & Chen, 2012;Miyagawa et al, 2018;Muris et al, 2019).…”

Using social cognition models to understand why people, such as perfectionists, struggle to respond with self‐compassion

“…Research has demonstrated that how people respond to these lapses influences whether they achieve their goals. Specifically, people who respond with self‐kindness, connectedness, and mindfulness (i.e., self‐compassion; Neff, 2003 ) are more likely to successfully pursue their goals (e.g., Miyagawa et al, 2018 ), while those who respond with self‐criticism are more likely to abandon their goals (e.g., Powers et al, 2007 ). We suggest that how people respond to lapses can be viewed like other responses and behaviours (e.g., whether people make healthy food choices or become angry with a colleague) and therefore that social cognition models, such as the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1991 ) and the Prototype Willingness Model (PWM; Gibbons et al, 1998 ), can help to explain whether people will respond to lapses with self‐compassion.…”

“…For example, interventions designed to promote self‐compassion increase happiness and life satisfaction, as well as reduce stress and depression (Ferrari et al, 2019 ; Kirby et al, 2017 ). Research also indicates that self‐compassion helps people to regulate their levels of physical activity, eating, and sleep (Adams & Leary, 2007 ; Magnus et al, 2010 ; Sirois et al, 2015 ), motivates persistence following failure (Breines & Chen, 2012 ), and promotes adjustment after failing to achieve a goal (Miyagawa et al, 2018 ).…”