Self-compassion as an emotion regulation strategy in major depressive disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-51

  Diedrich, Alice ^a   Grant, Michaela ^b   Hofmann, Stefan G ^c   Hiller, Wolfgang ^b   Berking, Matthias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Cognitive reappraisal; Depression; Emotion regulation; Mood; Self compassion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSTHYMIA; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF COMPASSION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902267440     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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