Self-compassion refers to being supportive toward oneself when experiencing suffering or pain—be it caused by personal mistakes and inadequacies or external life challenges. This review presents my theoretical model of self-compassion as comprised of six different elements: increased self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness as well as reduced self-judgment, isolation, and overidentification. It discusses the methodology of self-compassion research and reviews the increasingly large number of empirical studies that indicate self-compassion is a productive way of approaching distressing thoughts and emotions that engenders mental and physical well-being. It also reviews research that dispels common myths about self-compassion (e.g., that it is weak, selfish, self-indulgent or undermines motivation). Interventions designed to increase self-compassion, such as compassion-focused therapy and mindful self-compassion, are discussed. Finally, the review considers problematic issues in the field, such as the differential effects fallacy, and considers limitations and future research directions in the field of self-compassion research.

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自我慈悲：理论、方法、研究和干预


自我同情是指在经历痛苦或痛苦时支持自己——无论是由于个人错误和不足还是外部生活挑战造成的。这篇评论提出了我的自我慈悲理论模型，它由六个不同的要素组成：增加自我仁慈、共同人性和正念，以及减少自我判断、孤立和过度认同。它讨论了自我慈悲研究的方法，并回顾了越来越多的实证研究，这些研究表明自我慈悲是处理令人痛苦的想法和情绪的有效方法，从而产生身心健康。它还回顾了一些研究，这些研究消除了有关自我同情的常见误解（例如，自我同情是软弱、自私、自我放纵或破坏动机）。讨论了旨在增强自我慈悲的干预措施，例如以慈悲为中心的治疗和正念自我慈悲。最后，该综述考虑了该领域存在的问题，例如差异效应谬误，并考虑了自我慈悲研究领域的局限性和未来研究方向。