Browsing Waterloo Research by Subject "compassion"
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Fear of compassion is associated with treatment ambivalence and negative expectations for treatment in people with anxiety
(British Psychological Society, 2021-06-12)Objectives. Fears of compassion are hypothesized to be associated with treatment attitudes, but this relationship has not yet been explored. Methods. Measures of fear of compassion and treatment expectations and ambivalence ... -
Fears of receiving compassion from others predict safety behaviour use in social anxiety disorder over and above fears of negative self-portrayal
(Elsevier, 2021-05)Why do people with social anxiety disorder (SAD) engage in the use of safety behaviours? While past research has established that fears of negative self-portrayal are strongly associated with safety behaviour use in SAD, ... -
Scared of compassion: Fear of compassion in anxiety, mood, and non-clinical groups
(British Psychological Society, 2020-05-04)Objectives. Fear of receiving compassion from others, expressing compassion to others, and being compassionate towards oneself have been identified as potentially important factors in the persistence of depression, stress ...