Beyond parent/child relationships and family life, personal identity, and social connection play a significant role in the development of self-compassion. All people face insecurity, failure and question themselves asking, “How do others see me?” These questions repeat themselves in the form of self-evaluations and social comparison as young adolescence piece together their own identity (Brown & Lohr, 1987; Harter, 1990). Other commonly shared stressors of young adults include: academic performance, sexual attractiveness, body image, and peer evaluation acceptance, all of which influence negative self-critical judgment (Harter, 1993; Simmons, Rosenberg, & Rosenberg, 1973; Steinberg, 1999). Neff’s core concept of Mindfulness versus over-identification
