Lauren Stutts

Increasing Self-Compassion: Review of the Literature and Recommendations.

Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 2022 Lauren Stutts

Depression is a common symptom among college students and is often accompanied by negative thoughts about oneself. Self-compassion is a technique students can use to combat those negative thoughts. Self-compassion is an emotion-regulation strategy in which the individual engages in self-kindness, particularly after a mistake, failure, and/or rejection. This paper reviews the concept of...