Mechanism and Related Interventions of Self-Compassion on the Negative Psychological Responses after Pandemic

LIU Ai-yi; WU Xin-chun

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LIU Ai-yi, WU Xin-chun. Mechanism and Related Interventions of Self-Compassion on the Negative Psychological Responses after Pandemic[J]. Journal of South China normal University (Social Science Edition), 2020, (4): 42-57.

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Mechanism and Related Interventions of Self-Compassion on the Negative Psychological Responses after Pandemic

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The outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has brought people a series of negative psychological re-sponses.Based on the fact that there are many individuals affected by the COVID-19 and there is a shortage of resources for psychologi-cal assistance,it is particularly important to understand the underlying mechanism of self-compassion's effect on post-traumatic nega-tive psychological reactions and the related self-adjusting strategies.This paper demonstrated the mechanism from the positive and nega-tive aspects,analyzed the effect of factors such as individual cognition,emotions and coping styles in the mechanism,and proposed in-tervention strategies for the individuals'negative psychological responses under the COVID-19 combining with the current self-compas-sion related psychological treatment programs.
- pandemic,
- self-compassion,
- negative psychological response,
- underlying mechanism,
- self-compassion interven-tion program

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