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Does Psychoeducation Help People to Respond to Goal Lapses With Self-Compassion?
- Source :
- Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment; Dec2023, Vol. 41 Issue 8, p839-851, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Despite research indicating that responding with self-compassion to lapses in goal pursuit can help people to achieve their goals, there is evidence that people often struggle to respond with self-compassion when it would benefit them. One reason is that people may not be familiar with the concept of self-compassion or may think negatively of self-compassion. We propose that providing information about self-compassion and its benefits can help people to respond with self-compassion to lapses in goal pursuit. To test this, we randomly assigned participants to a self-compassion psychoeducation condition or control condition and then tested whether they responded with self-compassion to a recalled lapse. The results suggested that, although psychoeducation seemed to influence participants' beliefs about self-compassion, there was no evidence that psychoeducation increased self-compassionate responding. This finding highlights the need to develop additional strategies to help people to translate knowledge about self-compassion into self-compassionate responses to lapses and difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07342829
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173702496
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829231189010