Exploring compassion: a meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology.

By A. Macbeth, A. Gumley. Clinical Psychology Review, 2012

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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The Mediating Role of Self‐compassion in Student Psychological Health (2016, background): “MacBeth and Gumley (2012) conducted a meta-analytic review to estimate the strength of association between self-compassion and common psychopathology (stress, anxiety, and depression).”
Does Self-Compassion Entail Reduced Self-Judgment, Isolation, and Over-Identification? A Response to Muris, Otgaar, and Petrocchi (2016) (2016, result): “Neff and Germer (2013) found that participation in MSC had a moderate to large effect on anxiety and depression (Cohen’s d=0.76 and 0.86, respectively) in keeping with meta-analyses of studies using an SCS total score (MacBeth and Gumley 2012; Zessin et al. 2015).”
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) (2019, background): “In fact, one meta-analysis (MacBeth & Gumley, 2012) found a large effect size when examining the inverse relationship between self-compassion and depression, anxiety, and stress in 20 studies.”
Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults (2016, background): “…people tend to report more happiness, greater life satisfaction, lower negative affect, and fewer symptoms of psychological distress (such as anxiety and depression) than less self-compassionate individuals (Leary et al. 2007; Macbeth and Gumley 2012; Neff et al. 2007a, b; Neff and Vonk 2009).”
Construct validity of the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form among psychotherapy clients (2016, methodology): “In fact, a recent metaanalysis of 20 studies (MacBeth & Gumley, 2012) found large effect sizes when examining the associations between self-compassion and depression, anxiety, and psychological stress.”
Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-being (2017, background): “…disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, psychosis, and other forms of suffering with apparent success (Braehler et al., 2013; Gilbert, 2010). psychopathology, especially anxiety and depression (MacBeth & Gumley, 2012), efforts to enhance self-compassion in therapy are clearly warranted.”
The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others (2017, background): “Low scores, indicating low self-compassion, are highly correlated with experiences of paranoia, shame and self-criticism [88]; post traumatic stress disorder [60]; depression [95] and mental health problems in general [15, 83, 97].”
Self-Compassion and Body Dissatisfaction in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Meditation Intervention (2014, background): “For instance, a recent meta-analysis by MacBeth and Gumley (2012) documented a large effect size for the relationship between self-compassion and common expressions of psychopathology such as depression, anxiety, and stress.”
The forest and the trees: Examining the association of self-compassion and its positive and negative components with psychological functioning (2018, background): “Recently, Muris and Petrocchi (2017) conducted a meta-analysis of this link across 18 studies, and found the three components representing reduced negative self-responding had a stronger association with psychopathology (e.g., depression, anxiety and stress) than the positive components. They argue ”
Self-Compassion and Well-Being in Parents of Children with Autism (2014, background): “In fact, a recent meta-analysis by MacBeth and Gumley (2012) documented a large effect size for the relationship between selfcompassion and common expressions of psychopathology such as depression, anxiety, and stress.”
Individual Differences in Self-Compassion: The Role of Attachment and Experiences of Parenting in Childhood (2015, neutral): “Self-compassion is related to lower psychopathology, negative affect, and neuroticism, and greater happiness, positive affect, curiosity, optimism, extraversion, and conscientiousness (e.g., MacBeth & Gumley, 2012; Neff, Kirkpatrick, & Rude, 2007; Pinto-Gouveia, Duarte, Matos, & Fraguas, 2013).”
The Self-Compassion Scale is a Valid and Theoretically Coherent Measure of Self-Compassion (2016, background): “In fact, one meta-analysis (MacBeth and Gumley 2012) found a large effect size when examining the link between self-compassion and depression, anxiety, and stress in 20 studies.”
Procrastination and Stress: Exploring the Role of Self-compassion (2014, neutral): “The current findings expand on the growing body of research demonstrating the problems associated with lower levels of self-compassion (e.g., MacBeth & Gumley, 2012) by highlighting the self-regulation difficulties associated with not being self-compassionate.”