title: Self-Compassion, Stress, and Coping.
abstract: People who are high in self-compassion treat themselves with kindness and concern when they experience negative events. The present article examines the construct of self-compassion from the standpoint of research on coping in an effort to understand the ways in which people who are high in self-compassion cope with stressful events. Self-compassionate people tend to rely heavily on positive cognitive restructuring but do not appear to differ from less self-compassionate people in the degree to which they cope through problem-solving and distraction. Existing evidence does not show clear differences in the degree to which people who are low vs. high in self-compassion seek support as a coping strategy, but more research is needed.
authors.affiliation: Duke University.
authors.forename: Ashley Batts
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Leary