The Impact of Self-Compassion on the Treatment of Alcoholism
Alcoholism and is treatment is a very common topic in the scientific literature. This is because alcoholism is a worldwide problem. According to a report on addictive behaviors, by Gowing et al, 43% of the adults in the world consume alcohol. This would be equivalent to 2.1 billion people. Out of these individuals, 13% have participated in episodes of heavy drinking. This report classified heavy drinking of being at least 60g of alcohol in one sitting (2015). Not only is alcoholism a global concern, alcoholics are often viewed negatively by society. In a study done on public perceptions of addictions, they found that the general public is not very willing to be affiliated with …show more content…
Neff created this scale, in order to evaluate several aspects of self-compassion. Some of the aspects that she was looking to measure were self-kindness, mindfulness, isolation, self-judgment and some other aspects of self-compassion. This scale evaluates the individual’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are involved with each of the aspects being measured. One of the concerns about the scale was that measuring self-compassion would that it would be similar to measuring self-esteem, and that it would be influenced by social desirability. However, research has shown, that the measurement of self-compassion, is not associated with social desirability, nor does it measure the same thing as self-esteem, even though the scores are moderately correlated (Neff, 2016). This scale has been tested on many different populations, including individuals of different ages, genders, ethnicities, and religious groups. However, the generalizability of this scale has not been …show more content…
A meta-analysis by Yarnell at el, show that females are less self-compassionate than males. This is because females tend to have a more critical view of themselves compared to males. Another difference that was found was that while females are less self-compassionate, they are more compassionate to others, than males. Meaning, that they are more likely to care for the well-being of others, easier than they are able to care for themselves (2015). In a study done by Bluth and Blanton, they found gender differences in self-compassion when studying adolescents. They found that during early adolescents there was no mean difference in self-compassion scores between males and females. However, in late adolescents, they found that females had a lower self-compassion score than the males of the same age range. This study shows that the gender difference in self-compassion scores seems to occur during late adolescents
Alcoholism and is treatment is a very common topic in the scientific literature. This is because alcoholism is a worldwide problem. According to a report on addictive behaviors, by Gowing et al, 43% of the adults in the world consume alcohol. This would be equivalent to 2.1 billion people. Out of these individuals, 13% have participated in episodes of heavy drinking. This report classified heavy drinking of being at least 60g of alcohol in one sitting (2015). Not only is alcoholism a global concern, alcoholics are often viewed negatively by society. In a study done on public perceptions of addictions, they found that the general public is not very willing to be affiliated with …show more content…
Neff created this scale, in order to evaluate several aspects of self-compassion. Some of the aspects that she was looking to measure were self-kindness, mindfulness, isolation, self-judgment and some other aspects of self-compassion. This scale evaluates the individual’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are involved with each of the aspects being measured. One of the concerns about the scale was that measuring self-compassion would that it would be similar to measuring self-esteem, and that it would be influenced by social desirability. However, research has shown, that the measurement of self-compassion, is not associated with social desirability, nor does it measure the same thing as self-esteem, even though the scores are moderately correlated (Neff, 2016). This scale has been tested on many different populations, including individuals of different ages, genders, ethnicities, and religious groups. However, the generalizability of this scale has not been …show more content…
A meta-analysis by Yarnell at el, show that females are less self-compassionate than males. This is because females tend to have a more critical view of themselves compared to males. Another difference that was found was that while females are less self-compassionate, they are more compassionate to others, than males. Meaning, that they are more likely to care for the well-being of others, easier than they are able to care for themselves (2015). In a study done by Bluth and Blanton, they found gender differences in self-compassion when studying adolescents. They found that during early adolescents there was no mean difference in self-compassion scores between males and females. However, in late adolescents, they found that females had a lower self-compassion score than the males of the same age range. This study shows that the gender difference in self-compassion scores seems to occur during late adolescents