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The ‘Flow’ of compassion: A meta-analysis of the fears of compassion scales and psychological functioning
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This meta-analysis examined the associations between the fears of compassion and mental health. We extracted 19 studies reporting 154 effect sizes (Pearson's r) from 22 independent samples published during the last seven years, with data from 4723 participants. All studies used the Fears of Compassion Scales (FCS), which includes three subscales; fears of compassion for self, for others, and receiving from others. Specific mental health outcomes included: depression; anxiety; distress; and well-being, as well as the psychological vulnerability factors of self-criticism and shame. The overall association between the three FCS subscales and mental health difficulties was .49, .30 and .48 for fears of self-compassion, fears of compassion for others, and fears of compassion from others, respectively. Across mental health domains and vulnerability factors, pooled effect sizes ranged between r = .13 and .55 (in absolute value), with the strongest associations found between the mental health variables of shame, self-criticism, and depression, and the FCS subscales of fears of self-compassion and fears of receiving compassion. Moderator analyses were also conducted, including, age, gender, publication status, and sample (clinical vs. non-clinical). Overall, clinical populations demonstrated significantly stronger associations between mental health difficulties and fears of self-compassion, relative to non-clinical populations.
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“Results can also be understood in the context of research on fears of compassion, in which fear of receiving compassion has a stronger association with mental health outcomes than fears of being compassionate to others [37].”
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“A meta-analysis found that fear of compassion was more strongly related to reduced mental health in clinical populations compared to non-clinical populations (Kirby et al., 2019), and thus targeting these processes in therapy may be relevant.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kirby, J. N., Day, J., & Sagar, V.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kirby, James N.
- Venue
- Clinical Psychology Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-06
- Volume
- 70
- Pages
- 26-39
- ISSN
- 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2922505176
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 90
- Citations by year
- 2026: 32 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 5
- FWCI
- 3.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- self-compassion, compassion for others, depression, anxiety, psychological distress, well-being, shame, self-criticism, psychological vulnerability
- MeSH terms
- Psychological Distress, Anxiety, Depression, Empathy, Fear, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Self Concept, Shame, Social Behavior
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