Pathways to Improving Mental Health in Compassion-Focused Therapy: Self-Reassurance, Self-Criticism and Affect as Mediators of Change

Pathways to Improving Mental Health in Compassion-Focused Therapy: Self-Reassurance, Self-Criticism and Affect as Mediators of Change

Objective: The working mechanisms of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) remain understudied. Drawing on the theoretical model underlying CFT, we examined four putative working mechanisms – self-reassurance, self-criticism, positive/negative affect – in relation to changes in well-being and psychologic...

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Main Authors: Marion Sommers-Spijkerman, Hester Trompetter, Karlein Schreurs, Ernst Bohlmeijer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
compassion-focused therapy
mediators
self-reassurance
self-criticism
affect
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02442/full

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