Becoming Aware of Inner Self-Critique and Kinder Toward Self: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Outcome After a Brief Self-Compassion Intervention for University Level Students

Frontiers in Psychology

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Per-Einar Binder¹  Ingrid Dundas¹  Signe Hjelen Stige¹  Aslak Hjeltnes¹  Vivian Woodfin¹  Christian Moltu² 

[1] Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen;Department of Psychiatry, District General Hospital of Førde

关键词: university students;    self-compassion;    qualitative study;    intervention;    stress;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02728

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This qualitative study investigated ways in which student participants in a three-session self-compassion course became more compassionate toward themselves and challenges related to this change. Ninety-four participants completed an online survey and 12 participants were interviewed face-to-face. First, a thematic analysis of the responses from the online survey was conducted, and then sorted by frequency, indicating their representativeness in the written responses. The following themes were identified: (1) being more supportive and friendlier toward self, (2) being more aware of being too hard on oneself, (3) feeling less alone when having painful feelings, (4) having more acceptance of painful feelings, and (5) feeling more stable and peaceful. These five most frequent themes served as a basis for a structured phenomenological analysis in the next analytic stage. They were used as a template for a content analysis of the interview material. Subsequently, a phenomenological analysis was conducted on the interview transcripts covering the five thematic areas.

【 授权许可】

CC BY