U.S. combat veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have elevated rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to the general population. Self-compassion, characterized by self-kindness, a sense of common humanity when faced with suffering, and mindful awareness of suffering, is a potentially modifiable factor implicated in the development and maintenance of PTSD. We examined the co...

Charitable giving in 2013 exceeded $300 billion, but why do we respond to some life-saving causes while ignoring others? In our first two studies, we demonstrated that valuation of lives is associated with affective feelings (self-reported and psychophysiological) and that a decline in compassion may begin with the second endangered life. In Study 3, this fading of compassion was reversed by de...

In the present study, aims were (1) to determine gender differences in self-compassion, selfefficacy, and control belief for learning and (2) to examine the relationships between selfcompassion, self-efficacy, and control belief for learning. Participants were 390 university students who completed a questionnaire package that included the Self-Compassion Scale, the Self-Efficacy Scale, and the ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate a resiliency program designed to educate oncology nurses about compassion fatigue. DESIGN Descriptive pilot study. SETTING A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE 13 oncology nurses employed in an outpatient infusion center. METHODS Nurses attended a five-week program involving five 90-minu...

OBJECTIVE Attempts to identify the predictors of change during eating disorders treatment have focused almost exclusively on identifying between-persons factors (i.e., differences between patients). Research on within-person predictors of change (i.e., variations within patients over time) may provide novel and clinically useful information. To illustrate, we test the theory that within patient...

Objective: In this study, we examined the characteristics of depressien determination using four representatiye selfirating depression scales (Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS; Selfirating Depression Scale, SDS; Center for Epidemiotogic Studies Depressien Scale, CES-D; and Carroll Rating Scale, CRS) applied to Japanese community-dwelling elderly. Methods: Subjects were 563 community-dwelling ind...

Self-compassion, typically operationalized as the total score of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003b), has been shown to be related to increased psychological well-being and lower depression in students of the social sciences, users of psychology websites and psychotherapy patients. The current study builds on the existing literature by examining the link between self-compassion and dep...