Browsing Compassion by Title
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The Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale for adolescents: Cross-Sample Validation of the Complete and Brief Versions
(2017)This work presents psychometric analyses on the Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale, which intends to evaluate the subjective perception of ones' early rearing experiences. Factor structure, measurement invariance, ... -
Experiences of self-practice/self-reflection in cognitive behavioural therapy: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies
(2014)Background. Self-practice/self-reflection is a valuable training strategy which involves therapists applying therapeutic techniques to themselves, and reflecting on the process. Purpose. To undertake a meta-synthesis of ... -
Exploring change processes in compassion focused therapy in psychosis: Results of a feasibility randomized controlled trial
(2013)Objectives: Compassion focused therapy (CFT) was developed to stimulate capacities for soothing and affiliation to self and others as a way to regulate the threat system. This feasibility study aimed to assess the safety, ... -
Facial expressions depicting compassionate and critical emotions: the development and validation of a new emotional face stimulus set
(2014)Attachment with altruistic others requires the ability to appropriately process affiliative and kind facial cues. Yet there is no stimulus set available to investigate such processes. Here, we developed a stimulus set ... -
Fears of happiness and compassion in relationship with depression, alexithymia, and attachment security in a depressed sample
(2014)Objectives In a non-clinical population, fears of compassion and fear of happiness have both been found to be highly correlated with alexithymia and depression. This study sought to explore these processes and their links ... -
Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale: Psychometric properties and normative study.
(2015)Background: The Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS, Gilbert, Clarke, Hempel, Miles, & Irons, 2004, Br. J. Clin. Psychology, 43, 31) is a self-report instrument that measures self-criticism ... -
The impact of shame, self-criticism and social rank on eating behaviours in overweight and obese women participating in a weight management programme
(2017)Recent research has suggested that obesity is a stigmatised condition. Concerns with personal inferiority (social rank), shame and self-criticism may impact on weight management behaviours. The current study examined ... -
Measurement of external shame: An inside view
(2015)The aims of this study were to investigate the construct validity of the Other as Shamer scale (OAS) using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and to examine the psychometric properties of its Italian version in a sample ... -
Negotiating in the world of mixed beliefs and value systems: A compassion-focused model
(Springer International, 2015)(from the chapter) The study of international negotiations is clearly part of the science of conflict and conflict resolution with a number of dedicated specialist journals supporting it. This chapter cannot review this ... -
A new therapeutic community: development of a compassion-focussed and contextual behavioural environment
(2015)Social relationships and communities provide the context and impetus for a range of psychological developments, from genetic expression to the development of core self-identities. This suggests a need to think about the ... -
Practical compassions: repertoires of practice and compassion talk in acute mental healthcare.
(2014)This article reports an exploratory study of the concept of compassion in the work of 20 mental health practitioners in a UK Midlands facility. Using notions of practice derived from phenomenology and Bourdieusian sociology ... -
Practice quality and effectiveness of a compassion training intervention: The Importance of embodying the compassionate self
(2018)Research has showed that compassion mind training (CMT) is effective on the promotion of well-being, however the impact of quality of the practice had never been explored. A recent study of the effect of a low intensity ... -
Predictors of painkiller dependence among people with pain in the general population
(2014)Objectives: Self-medication with painkillers is widespread and increasing, and evidence about influences on painkiller dependence is needed to inform efforts to prevent and treat problem painkiller use. Design: Online ... -
The design of compassionate care.
(2014)Aims and objectives. To investigate the tension between individual and organisational responses to contemporary demands for compassionate interactions in health care. Background. Health care is often said to need more ... -
The evolution and social dynamics of compassion.
(2015)The inner processes that make compassion possible arose from the evolutionary advantage of caring for others, especially offspring, kin and inÇÉgroup allies. This paper explores issues in defining compassion and its link ... -
The impact of self-criticism and self-reasurance on weight related positive and negative affect and well-being in participants of a commercial weight management programme
(2015)Introduction: Weight stigma can potentially undermine weight management by increasing self-criticism. We recently examined the links between external shame, self-criticism, social comparison, negative affect and eating ... -
The impact of shame, self-criticism and social rank on eating psychopathology in overweight and obese members of a commercial weight management programme
(2015)Background: Research has highlighted the important role social rank, shame and self-criticism play in vulnerability to and maintenance of eating disorders. However, it is not clear if these factors are also important for ... -
The Italian version of the Social Comparison Rating Scale and the Submissive Behaviour Scale: Reliability and validity in a sample of adolescents
(2013)Social rank theory argues that social comparison and submissive behaviour are mechanisms by which humans and animals form themselves into social ranks. Design: this study assesses the psychometric properties of Italian ... -
The Language of Compassion in Acute Mental Health Care
(2013)In this article we examine the language of compassion in acute mental health care in the United Kingdom. Compassion is commonly defined as being sensitive to the suffering of others and showing a commitment to relieve it, ... -
The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy
(2014)Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is rooted in an evolutionary, functional analysis of basic social motivational systems (e.g., to live in groups, form hierarchies and ranks, seek out sexual, partners help and share with ...
