Self-Compassion and Psychological Distress in Adolescents:
A Meta-Analysis

By Imogen C. Marsh, Stella W. Y. Chan, and Angus MacBeth

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Our search identified 19 relevant studies of adolescents (10–19 years; N = 7049) for inclusion. A large effect size was found for an inverse relationship between self-compassion and psychological distress indexed by anxiety, depression, and stress.

Published in 2017 in Mindfulness by Springer Science+Business Media.

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@article{marsh-imogen-c-et-al2017-self-compassion-and-distress,
    title={{S}elf-{C}ompassion and {P}sychological {D}istress in {A}dolescents: {A} {M}eta-{A}nalysis},
    author={Imogen C. Marsh and Stella W. Y. Chan and Angus MacBeth},
    publisher={Springer Science+Business Media},
    year=2017,
    month=nov,
    journal={Mindfulness},
    volume=9,
    number=4,
    pages={1011--1027},
    keywords={brahmavihara,adolescence},
    doi={10.1007/s12671-017-0850-7},
    openalex_id={W2769880865},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12671-017-0850-7.pdf}
}

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