Self-compassion is a better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed anxiety and depression

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-130

  Van Dam, Nicholas T ^a   Sheppard, Sean C ^a   Forsyth, John P ^a   Earleywine, Mitch ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Mindfulness; Quality of life; Self compassion; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINDFUL ATTENTION AWARENESS SCALE; MINDFULNESS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF COMPASSION; SELF COMPASSION SCALE; SELF HELP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78650229604     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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