Self-Compassion, emotion regulation and stress among australian psychologists: Testing an emotion regulation model of self-compassion using structural equation modeling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Finlay Jones, Amy L ^a   Rees, Clare S ^a   Kane, Robert T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIST; SELF COMPASSION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; STRESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84941653353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133481     Document Type: Article

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