Self-compassion as a relevant intervention target for family carers of older adults: A conceptual commentary

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Murfield, Jenny
Moyle, Wendy
O'Donovan, Analise
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2020
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• Psychological interventions that seek to specifically increase levels of self-compassion could help stress management by promoting adaptive emotion regulation. • Within the population context of family carers of older adults, there is currently limited research into self-compassion, and the potential theoretical underpinnings of self-compassion as a form of support for this group have not been explored. • We outline a conceptual rationale for why self-compassion is an applicable intervention target for family carers of older adults, bringing together understanding and evidence from the perspectives of family caregiver stress and emotional regulation. • Considerations for future research include additional proof-of-concept work, addressing perceptions of self-compassion, and involvement of family carers of older adults in the design and adaptation of self-compassion interventions.

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International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Self-compassion as a relevant intervention target for family carers of older adults: A conceptual commentary, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, which has been published in final form at 10.1002/gps.5257.. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)

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Clinical sciences

Psychology

Cognitive and computational psychology

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Clinical and health psychology

Caring

Compassion

Family Caregiver

Mental Health

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Murfield, J; Moyle, W; O'Donovan, A, Self-compassion as a relevant intervention target for family carers of older adults: A conceptual commentary., International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2020

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