BACKGROUND Higher self-compassion is associated with mental and physical health benefits in both healthy and chronically ill populations. The current study investigated the role of self-compassion in predicting depression, diabetes-specific distress and HbA1c in patients with diabetes. AIMS To assess the specific operationalization of negative emotionality that best predicted HbA1c and to tes...

this paper represents a commentary to marianna fotaki’s editorial: ‘why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ within this commentary, i discuss some of the issues raised by marianna fotaki, and conclude that we should work towards an organizational culture which considers the important concept of compassion by focusing on the well-being and teamwork of all involved.

Abstract Humor is considered a coping strategy that associated with well-being and positive self-esteem. The role of humor in relation to body image eating behaviors has rarely been investigated. This cross-sectional study ( n = 216) examined the relationship between general styles targeting self, namely self-enhancing self-defeating humor, behaviors. Results showed adaptive was appreciation co...

Abstract Objectives Interventions involving kindness- and compassion-based meditation (KCBM) have been shown to various benefits for adults, there is growing interest in using KCBMs with children. This systematic review explores the effects of KCBM on wellbeing, prosociality, cognitive functioning children adolescents. Methods Studies were eligible if they examined interventions that contained ...

Active judges are likely to face numerous work-related experiences (e.g., traumatic cases) that affect performance of their occupational duties. Three occupational experiences (secondary traumatic stress [STS], safety concerns, and burnout) are outlined and applied to the judiciary. Results from nine case study interviews conducted in a single jurisdiction among a homogeneous cohort suggest tha...

This essay defends a Buddhist answer to the question of how skeptical tradition might account for its moral position. Two domains in thought and practice are often considered be dissimilar, perhaps contradictory. On one hand, there is an aspiration nirvana philosophy that describes everything as “emptiness” rejects, with apparent universality, “attachment views.” other traditions recommend acti...

SUMMARY Diagnostic systems are not conducive to compassionate health-bringing psychiatric treatment. The were built around the fallacy that politics of biomedicine could be reliably applied emergent properties human psychological suffering and enable diagnosis-specific treatment packages. resulting industrialised medicine, which reified people, failed facilitate compassion needed for healing. T...

This article focuses on the construct of self-compassion and how it differs from self-esteem. First, it discusses the fact that while self-esteem is related to psychological well-being, the pursuit of high self-esteem can be problematic. Next it presents another way to feel good about oneself: selfcompassion. Self-compassion entails treating oneself with kindness, recognizing one’s shared human...