Self-Compassion in Depression: Associations With Depressive Symptoms, Rumination, and Avoidance in Depressed Outpatients

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-513

  Krieger, Tobias ^a   Altenstein, David ^a   Baettig, Isabelle ^a   Doerig, Nadja ^a   Holtforth, Martin Grosse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Depression; Outpatients; Rumination; Self compassion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF COMPASSION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; THINKING;

EID: 84879251342     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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