Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID-19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries.
Marcela MatosKirsten McEwanMartin KanovskýJúlia HalamováStanley R SteindlNuno FerreiraMariana LinharelhosDaniel RijoKenichi AsanoSónia GregórioMargarita G MárquezSara P VilasGonzalo Brito-PonsPaola Lucena-SantosMargareth da Silva OliveiraErika Leonardo de SouzaLorena LlobenesNatali GumiyMaria Ileana CostaNoor HabibReham HakemHussain KhradAhmad S AlzahraniSimone CheliNicola PetrocchiElli TholouliPhilia IssariGregoris SimosVibeke Lunding-GregersenAsk ElklitRussell KoltsAllison Catherine KellyCatherine BortolonPascal DelamillieureMarine PaucsikJulia E WahlMariusz ZiebaMateusz ZatorskiTomasz KomendzińskiShuge ZhangJaskaran BasranAntonios KagialisJames N KirbyPaul GilbertPublished in: Clinical psychology & psychotherapy (2021)
Fears of compassion have a universal magnifying effect on the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and social safeness. Compassion focused interventions and communications could be implemented to reduce resistances to compassion and promote mental wellbeing during and following the pandemic.