Individuals encounter negative situations through their lives. Making mistakes or being in difficult situations is nature of human existance. From this point of view, some individuals judge themselves severely when they make mistakes. Self-compassion becomes involved at this point. Self-compassion could be identified as the understanding that individuals show to themselves when they encounter negative situations through their lives.
Self-compassionate people in case they made mistakes or encounter to obstacles of life, they treat themselves sympathy and compassion by being aware of which these situations is human specific. In other words, self-compassion is to have nonjudgmental understanding instead of critizing unmercifully oneself. Self-compassion is universal ability that every individuals need to learn and improve.
The aim of this study is to make a literature review regarding conceptual basis of self- compassion and relevant. This article is presented to literature for people who study self-compassion by making compilation of conceptual basis, history, subcomponents of self-compassion, and studies related to this area.
Key words: Self-Compassion, Protective Factor, Positive Psychology, Psychotherapy
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