Self-Compassion Increases Self-Improvement Motivation

By Juliana G. Breines, Serena Chen. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2012

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Self-Compassion (2015, background): “It is also linked to increased motivation, health behaviors, positive body image, and resilient coping (e.g., Albertson, Neff, & Dill-Shackleford, 2014; Allen, Goldwasser & Leary, 2012; Breines & Chen, 2012; Sbarra, Smith, & Mehl, 2012).”
Activating the inner caregiver: The role of support-giving schemas in increasing state self-compassion (2013, background): “Received 7 March 2012 Revised 25 July 2012 Available online 11 August 2012”
Self-compassion, empathy, and helping intentions (2014, background): “…has been found to predict a number of important intrapersonal outcomes, such as wellbeing (Baer, Lykins, & Peters, 2012), resilience to negative events (Leary, Tate, Adams, Allen, & Hancock, 2007), intrinsic motivation (Magnus, Kowalski, & McHugh, 2010), and self-improvement (Breines & Chen, 2012).”
Self-compassion protects against the negative effects of low self-esteem : a longitudinal study in a large adolescent sample (2015, background): “Breines and Chen (2012) conducted four experiments that examined how self-compassion moderates peoples' response to a variety of negative, ego-threatening situations.”
Self-compassion and Eudaimonic Well-Being During Emotionally Difficult Times in Sport (2015, background): “Moreover, self-compassionate individuals want to change personal weaknesses and spend more time improving on previous failures (Breines and Chen 2012).”
Self-Compassion and Well-Being in Parents of Children with Autism (2014, background): “2014), as well as more persistence and goal reengagement after failure (Breines and Chen 2012; Neely et al. 2009).”
Old Wine in New Bottles? The Case of Self–Compassion and Neuroticism (2017, unknown): “Thus, the investigation of self-compassion strategies, for instance, in experimental settings (e.g. Adams & Leary, 2007; Breines & Chen, 2012; Leary, Tate, Adams, Batts Allen, & Hancock, 2007; Rockliff, Gilbert, McEwan, Lightman, & Glover, 2008) and self-compassion trainings (Gilbert & Procter,…”
Self-compassion and women athletes' responses to emotionally difficult sport situations: An evaluation of a brief induction (2015, background): “Breines and Chen (2012) found that their self-compassion induction, which consisted largely of reflection and writing tasks, resulted in increased selfimprovement motivation.”
Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults (2016, background): “2007) while self-compassion is associated with honestly confronting one’s role in failures, more balanced emotional reactions, and a willingness to learn from mistakes (Breines and Chen 2012; Leary et al. 2007).”
Self-compassion, Body Image, and Self-reported Disordered Eating (2014, background): “…of well-being and positive psychological functioning, such as increased happiness and optimism (Neff et al., 2007), decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety (Neff, 2003b), increased motivation to improve (Breines & Chen, 2012), and greater relationship satisfaction (Baker & McNulty, 2011).”
Self-compassion in clinical practice. (2013, background): “Breines and Chen (2012) found that having self-compassion for personal weaknesses, failures, and past moral transgressions resulted in more motivation to change for the better, try harder to learn, and avoid repeating past mistakes.”
New frontiers in understanding the benefits of self-compassion (2018, background): “…role of self-compassion in terms of health (e.g., Biber & Ellis, 2017), body image and disordered eating (e.g., Braun, Park & Gorin, 2016), motivation (e.g., Breines & Chen, 2012), interpersonal relationships (Neff & Beretvas, 2013) and physiological functioning (e.g., Arch, Landy & Brown, 2016).”
A Meta–Analytic and Conceptual Update on the Associations between Procrastination and Multidimensional Perfectionism (2017, background): “…its focus on self-kindness and mindful acceptance in response to personal failures (Neff, 2003a), plays a role in self-regulation by down-regulating negative mood (Diedrich, Grant, Hofmann, Hiller, & Berking, 2014), which in turn can promote healthy motivation to reach goals (Breines & Chen, 2012).”
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) (2019, unknown): “…& Colosimo, 2011; Neff, Rude, & Kirkpatrick, 2007), as well as being linked to increased motivation, health behaviors, positive body image, and resilient coping (e.g., Albertson, Neff, & Dill-Shackleford, 2014; Allen, Goldwasser & Leary, 2012; Breines & Chen, 2012; Sbarra, Smith & Mehl, 2012).”
The Self-Compassion Scale is a Valid and Theoretically Coherent Measure of Self-Compassion (2016, methodology): “…optimism, and life satisfaction (Hollis-Walker and Colosimo 2011; Neff et al. 2007a, b), as well as being linked to increased motivation, health behaviors, positive body image, and resilient coping (e.g., Albertson et al. 2014; Allen et al. 2012; Breines and Chen 2012; Sbarra et al. 2012).”
Self-compassion and Posttraumatic Growth: Cognitive Processes as Mediators (2017, background): “Experimental data has also showed that selfcompassion could buffer individuals against negative emotions in the face of stressful events, and motivate individuals to improve personal weaknesses (Breines and Chen 2012; Leary et al. 2007).”