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Self-Compassion and Coping: a Meta-Analysis
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“First, it has been posited that the psychological benefits of self‐compassion can be explained by the strategies that people use to regulate their emotions and cope with stress (Ewert et al. 2021).”
From The Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship Between Self‐Compassion and Psychological Outcomes in Adult Populations: A Systematic Review. (2025) · cites this paper as Ewert et al. 2021
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“A more recent meta‐analytical review on the relationship between self‐compassion and coping, across 136 studies involving 38,913 participants, also demonstrated positive correlations between self‐compassion and adaptive coping, and negative correlations with maladaptive, emotion‐focused coping (Ewert et al. 2021).”
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“Beyond its role as an antidote to distress, self‐compassion is recognized as a positive resource fostering adaptive outcomes such as resilience, life satisfaction, happiness, and overall well‐being (Ewert et al. 2021; Zessin et al. 2015).”
From The Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship Between Self‐Compassion and Psychological Outcomes in Adult Populations: A Systematic Review. (2025) · cites this paper as Ewert et al. 2021
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“One possible explanation for this is that not all coping strategies that were studied are equally likely to relate to self‐compassion (Ewert et al. 2021).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ewert, C., Vater, A., & Schröder-Abé, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Ewert, Christina
- ORCID
- Ewert, Christina
- Venue
- Mindfulness
- Published
- 2021-01-08
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1063-1077
- ISSN
- 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
- 1868-8535
- 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
- Locations
- Mindfulness (publishedVersion)
- publish.UP (University of Potsdam) (submittedVersion)
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- 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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