Criticizing and reassuring oneself: An exploration of forms, styles and reasons in female students.

By Paul Gilbert, M. Clarke, S. Hempel, Jeremy Miles, C. Irons. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Paranoid beliefs and self‐criticism in students (2007, methodology): “This scale was developed by Gilbert et al. (2004) to measure self-criticism and the ability to selfreassure .”
A review of client self-criticism in psychotherapy (2013, methodology): “Using a different approach, Gilbert et al. (2004) analyzed self-critical individuals’ responses to failure from a schematic and cognitive-interpersonal perspective (Baldwin, 1992; Beck, 1967) via his compassionate mind training (CMT) approach.”
Having a word with yourself: Neural correlates of self-criticism and self-reassurance (2010, background): “The FSCRS is a 24-item self-report scale, which assesses participants' level of selfcriticising and self-reassuring thoughts (Gilbert et al., 2004).”
The impact of gratitude on depression and anxiety: the mediating role of criticizing, attacking, and reassuring the self (2016, methodology): “Specifically, we tested three types of “selfto-self” relationships as possible mediators: self-criticizing, self-attacking, and self-reassuring, as assessed by the Forms of Self-criticizing/attacking and Self-reassuring Scale (FSCrS; Gilbert et al., 2004).”
Self-Criticism and Self-Warmth: An Imagery Study Exploring Their Relation to Depression (2006, methodology): “Gilbert et al. (2004) developed a scale for self-reassurance as part of their studies of self-criticism.”
Feeling safe and content: A specific affect regulation system? Relationship to depression, anxiety, stress, and self-criticism (2008, methodology): “The scale had Cronbach’s alphas of 0.90 for inadequate self, 0.86 for hated self, and 0.86 for reassured self (Gilbert et al., 2004).”
Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention. (2022, methodology): “The forms of self-criticizing/attacking and self-reassuring scale (Gilbert et al. 2004) was developed to measure these two ways of relating to oneself and is a more appropriate measure for those working within the SMT framework.”
Adolescent Emotional Development and the Emergence of Depressive Disorders: Shame, self-criticism, and self-compassion in adolescence (2008, background): “Gilbert et al. (2004) explored how students responded when things went wrong for them.”
Ability to receive compassion from others buffers the depressogenic effect of self-criticism: A cross-cultural multi-study analysis (2016, methodology): “Trait self-criticism was assessed using two measures: (a) the Inadequate Self subscale of the Forms of Self-Criticism/Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS; Gilbert et al., 2004) and (b) the Self-Criticism scale of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ; Blatt et al.”
Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence: The Role of Shame, Self-Criticism and Fear of Self-Compassion (2016, methodology): “Selfcriticism has different forms and functions (Gilbert et al. 2004), aimed at improving and correcting behavior to prevent bad things to happen (e.”