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Self-Compassion and Coping: a Meta-Analysis

Ewert, Christina, Vater, Annika, Schröder-Abé, Michela·2021·Mindfulness

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Authors: Ewert, C., Vater, A., & Schröder-Abé, M.
Affiliations: University of Potsdam (DE)
Corresponding author: Ewert, Christina
ORCID: Ewert, Christina
Venue: Mindfulness
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2021-01-08
Volume: 12
Issue: 5
Pages: 1063-1077
ISSN: 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
1868-8535
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-020-01563-8
OpenAlex: W3119952881
Semantic Scholar: 6a259076bd4d45258277091aa94b8eda7b7a9eb4
Cited by: 270
References: 81
Citations by year: 2026: 54 · 2025: 82 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 6
FWCI: 4.42
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
www.springer.com/tdm (vor)
Locations: Mindfulness (publishedVersion)
publish.UP (University of Potsdam) (submittedVersion)
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Funders: Potsdam Graduate School
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Keywords: self-compassion, coping, adaptive coping, maladaptive coping, emotional approach coping, problem-focused coping, stress, age differences, gender differences, regional background

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