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Sérgio A. Carvalho, Frederica Carvalho, Lígia Fonseca, Graça Santos & Paula Castilho. (2024) Beyond the Centrality of Shame: How Self-Concealment and Fear of Receiving Compassion From Others Impact Psychological Suffering in Transgender Adults. Journal of Homosexuality 71:6, pages 1373-1391.
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K. McEwan & S. Zhang. (2023) Longitudinal influence of self-compassion and fears of compassion on prosocial and antisocial behaviour in sport: A conditional latent growth curve modelling analysis. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 0:0, pages 1-16.
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Stanley R. Steindl, Rebecca Xin Qi Yiu, Tahlia Baumann & Marcela Matos. (2020) Comparing compassion across cultures: Similarities and differences among Australians and Singaporeans. Australian Psychologist 55:3, pages 208-219.
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Jeffrey J. Kim, Chase Sherwell, Stacey L. Parker & James N. Kirby. (2024) Compassion training influences heart-rate variability within severe depression. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports 16, pages 100760.
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Gang Wang, Soheila Soleimanzadeh & Majid Elahi Shirvan. (2023) An ecological perspective on the flow of compassion among Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching.
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Simone Cheli, Veronica Cavalletti & Christopher J. Hopwood. (2023) Threatening Beliefs About Self and Others Moderate the Association Between Psychoticism and Psychological Distress. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 211:11, pages 819-827.
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Marcela Matos, Nicola Petrocchi, Chris Irons & Stanley R. Steindl. (2022) Never underestimate fears, blocks, and resistances: The interplay between experiential practices, self‐conscious emotions, and the therapeutic relationship in compassion focused therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology 79:7, pages 1670-1685.
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Madeline Romaniuk, Sarah Hampton, Kelly Brown, Gina Fisher, Stanley R. Steindl, Chloe Kidd & James N. Kirby. (2023) Compassionate mind training for ex‐service personnel with PTSD and their partners. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 30:3, pages 643-658.
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Ramazan Sak, Eşref Nas, İkbal Tuba Şahin-Sak, Çağla Öneren-Şendil, Reyhan Tekin-Sitrava, Necdet Taşkın, Servet Kardeş, Ahmet Yayla & Yaren Dirik. (2021) Compassion as a Source of Satisfaction and Fear in Professionals Who Work With People. Psychological Reports 126:2, pages 946-966.
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Xiaoyi Liu, Gege Cao, Li Zhang, Yang Chen, Sige Liu, Yan Shi, Yunpeng Liu, Yulin Li & Huazhan Yin. (2023) Early Emotional Experiences and Prosocial Behavior among Chinese Adolescents: The Roles of Psychological Suzhi and Subjective Socioeconomic Status. Behavioral Sciences 13:4, pages 283.
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Diana Carvalho, Cristiana C. Marques, Ana Margarida Pinto, Maria João Martins, Inês Leal & Paula Castilho. (2021) Fears of compassion scales in psychosis: confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties. Current Psychology 42:8, pages 6457-6467.
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Simone Cheli, Francesca Chiarello & Veronica Cavalletti. (2022) A Psychotherapy Oriented by Compassion and Metacognition for Schizoid Personality Disorder: A Two Cases Series. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 53:1, pages 61-70.
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Jingyun Wang, Mingchun Guo, Jamin Day & James N. Kirby. (2023) Self-Acceptance Mediates the Relationship between Perceived Parenting Behaviors and Fears of Compassion. Journal of Child and Family Studies 32:3, pages 744-755.
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Lasara Kariyawasam, Margarita Ononaiye, Chris Irons & Sarah E. Kirby. (2022) Exploring the Cross-cultural Applicability of a Brief Compassionate Mind Training: a Study Comparing Sri Lankan and UK People. Mindfulness 14:2, pages 429-447.
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Cláudia Ferreira, Inês Matos-Pina, Ana Cardoso, Maria Coimbra & Sara Oliveira. (2021) Can the lack of early memories of warmth and safeness explain loneliness and quality of life? A community sample study on young and middle-aged Portuguese adults. Current Psychology 42:4, pages 2924-2931.
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Charlie R. Crimston, Sarah Blessing, Paul Gilbert & James N. Kirby. (2021) Fear leads to suffering: Fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundary. British Journal of Social Psychology 61:1, pages 345-365.
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