Self-compassion and social functioning of people – research review

• Autorzy: Irena Dzwonkowska , Alicja Żak-Łykus

Abstrakty

EN

Self-compassion is considered to be a healthy and adaptive attitude towards oneself, occurring both as a feature, as well as a state. Self-compassionate attitude towards oneself is composed of: a) kindness and understanding given to oneself b) mindfulness of one’s own experiences and c) a sense of community of experiences with humanity. Compassion towards oneself is structurally and functionally distinct from the self-commiseration and self-pity that lead to worse adaptation. Research shows that self-compassion is associated with better regulation of negative emotions. Neff (2003 a) in her theoretical assumption states that due to more effective emotion regulation , people with a higher level of selfcompassion can generally cope better with reality. Therefore a question arises as to what the relationship is between a compassionate attitude towards oneself and social functioning of people. This article is a review of research that has been conducted so far regarding relations between self-compassion and the various dimensions of social functioning.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

self-compassion; social functioning

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Czasopismo: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 46
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 82-87

Daty

wydano

2015

Twórcy

autor

Irena Dzwonkowska

• Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Campus in Katowice

autor

Alicja Żak-Łykus

• Department of Psychology University of Opole

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0009

Biblioteka Nauki

430559