ArticleMindfulness2020
Self-compassion as a Stress Moderator: A Cross-sectional Study of 1700 Doctors, Nurses, and Medical Students.
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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mental Fitness Intervention for Anesthesiology Resident Wellbeing and Self-Compassion
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Systematic Review of Educational Interventions and Their Impact on Empathy and Compassion of Undergraduate Medical Students.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Standard Training Program versus an Abbreviated Training Program on Stress in Tutors and Resident Intern Specialists of Family and Community Medicine and Nursing in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
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- Self-compassion and burnout among medical students in Egypt: indirect effects through perceived stress.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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- Burnout in health students and its relationship with demographic and academic characteristics: a survey-based study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Parent-child Technoference and Adolescent Problematic Social Media Use: a Moderated Serial Mediation Model.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- When self-compassion matters: romantic relationship quality and infidelity proneness.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The effect of mindfulness and self-compassion on compassion fatigue among nurses: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
- The impact of hindrance-challenge stress on nurses' work engagement: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Having a More Compassionate Doctor Does Not Mean Patients Will Feel More Cared for: An Empirical Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- The efficacy of an inquiry-based stress reduction program on self-compassion and compassion for others in undergraduate nursing students.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Mental health, self-compassion, and compassion fatigue in physicians: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The experience of self-compassion training among NHS healthcare professionals.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Disconnecting from Difficult Emotions in Times of Crisis: The Role of Self-Compassion and Experiential Avoidance in the Link Between Perceived COVID-19 Threat and Adjustment Disorder Severity.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Art of Caring Model for Emergency Care Patients and Professionals.Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals · 2025Article
- The relationship between self-compassion and caring behaviour in nurses: A cross-sectional study.International nursing review · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesWork stress is common in healthcare and reliably predicts negative outcomes, including burnout and lower quality of life (QOL). However, few studies have investigated factors that might attenuate the impact of stress on these negative outcomes. We investigated whether the tendency to be kind to the self during times of difficulty-self-compassion-might buffer the effect of work stress on outcomes.
methodsRegistered nurses (
resultsAcross groups, greater work stress consistently predicted greater burnout and lower QOL, while greater self-compassion predicted lower burnout and better QOL. Self-compassion moderated the relationship between stress and burnout in nurses (albeit in the opposite direction to what had been predicted), but not in doctors or medical students.
conclusionsWhile self-compassion predicted better outcomes (and may thus represent a target to enhance wellbeing), it strengthened the association between stress and burnout in nurses. How self-compassion impacts the experience of stress and its correlates and why it does so differently in different groups of professionals remains unclear.
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