Self-compassion as a relevant intervention target for family carers of older adults: A conceptual commentary
2020
• 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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