Neurostructural correlates of dispositional self-compassion

Self-compassion is an important emotion regulation strategy predicting positive psychological health and fewer psychopathological problems, but little known about its structural neural basis. In the current study, we investigated neurostructural correlates of dispositional self-compassion components using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). We found that was inversely correlated with gray matter volume (GMV) in left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), which primarily driven by reduced self-judgment component. also mindfulness component associated greater GMV dorsomedial cortex/anterior cingulate supplementary motor area, while isolation over-identification were both right inferior temporal gyrus, additionally related to less visual areas. Our findings suggest are brain structure regions involved regulation, self-referential processing, implications for cognitive mechanisms as well those underlying effects on outcomes.