Among the 14 million persons living in the United States with current or remitted cancer, poor physical health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a significant concern. However, self-compassion (i.e., common humanity, mindfulness, self-kindness) may be a protective factor, either directly or indirectly, by allowing for a sense of empowerment and control over illness, and in turn, facilitating engagement in treatment and positive perceptions of health. Serial mediation analyses among persons living with current (n = 67) or remitted (n = 168) cancer lend support for a positive, direct association between self-compassion and physical HRQL, as well as indirect effects via internal perceived control and, to a lesser degree, treatment adherence. Mixed findings, especially among cancer patients, highlight limitations of resiliency traits while also supporting the notion that self-compassion interventions (e.g., Mindful Self-Compassion Training) may have positive implications for health-related control beliefs, behaviors, and quality of life in the cancer population.

Background. Burnout is a syndrome which affects, particularly, employees of the so-called helping professions. It can influence quality of life and reduce job performance together with the quality of caring about clients. Thus it is not surprising that there is a tendency to prevent burnout and mitigate its symptoms. Developing mindfulness and self-compassion is one of the researched possibilities. Aims. This thesis aims to theoretically discuss and subsequently verify by research anticipated link between mindfulness, self-compassion and burnout affecting employees in Czech psychiatric hospitals and wards who work directly with their clients. Data and procedure. 160 adult respondents have filled in a demographic questionnaire, The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SZ), The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-15-CZ) and The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) in an online survey. Statistical analysis. The figures of descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated via Jamovi program. Results. The results have shown that there are significant links between mindfulness, self-compassion and the degree of burnout in case of the respondents. Limits. Only self-report questionnaires were used in the study, the respondents were chosen by self-selection, and the researcher was not...

The counseling profession seeks to support and enrich the quality of life of the general public by providing effective clinical services. Many counselors struggle with practicing self-care regularly, increasing the risk of burnout. When counselors provide services while experiencing burnout, they risk harming clients being served. The conservation of resources theory suggests that there is an increased risk of maladaptive coping and burnout when there is a decrease in resources used to protect someone from experiencing stress. A quantitative survey research study using a nonprobability convenience sampling was used to explore the relationship between counselor burnout, life balance, and self-compassion among fully licensed and provisionally licensed counselors throughout the United States with at least 2 years of experience (N = 331). Two canonical correlation analyses were conducted to determine (a) if there was any significant relationship between the subscales of the Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory, measuring life balance, and the Counselor Burnout Inventory (CBI), measuring burnout, and (b) if there was a significant relationship between the subscales of the CBI, measuring burnout, and the Self-Compassion Scale, measuring self-compassion. Both canonical correlation analyses indicated a statistically significant relationship. Particularly, professional counselors are experiencing poor work-life balance, decreased attention in their personal life, decreased quality of their relationships, negative work environment, and lower levels of self-compassion. The potential social change impact from this research study is that a better understanding of how to mitigate and/or prevent experiences of burnout in counselors may improve counselor’s quality of life, mitigate turnover, counselor burnout, reduce client harm, and increase the quality of clinical services.

Sammanfattning  Bakgrund: Region Västerbotten lanserade november 2021 ett internetbaserat program, baserat på Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), för anställd personal med syfte att ge metoder för stresshantering och att uppmärksamma egna behov för att ha ett hälsosamt arbetsliv. Detta aktualiserar även behovet av att granska och utvärdera interventioner baserade på CFT. Design: Systematisk litteratursökning sammanställd i en kritisk review. Resultat:Studierna i vår översikt visar tydligt att compassion-interventionerna ökar individens grad av self-compassion och reducerar graden av självkritik vilket förebygger ohälsosam stress utifrån förbättrade hälsobeteenden och självreglering. Majoriteten av studierna genomförde enbart mätningar i direkt anslutning till själva interventionen. Endast en studie av 16 inkluderade studier genomförde en långtidsuppföljning mer än 1 år efter genomförd intervention.  Diskussion: Framtida studier rekommenderas undersöka långtidseffekterna av CFT, särskilt utifrån effekt på ohälsosam stress. Utifrån syftet att undersöka potentialen för CFT inom företagshälsovård, borde dessa studier undersöka hur self-compassion omsätts i hälsofrämjande beteenden på arbetet samt vilka faktorer i en organisation som främjar dessa beteenden.

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Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskor besitter en viktig samhällsfunktion vars uppdrag bland annat innefattar att främja människors hälsa. Dessvärre lämnar många sjuksköterskor yrket på grund av exempelvis en stressfylld arbetssituation. Sjuksköterskor har ett etiskt ansvar att värdesätta sitt eget välmående och arbetsgivarna ett intresse att värna om sina medarbetare.  Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva sjuksköterskors egenvårdsstrategier och hur dessa påverkar patientomvårdnaden. Metod: En litteraturöversikt baserad på tio artiklar varav nio kvalitativastudier och en studie med mixad metod. Datainsamlingen och analysen genomfördes systematiskt.  Resultat: Resultatet visade att sjuksköterskor använde flera olika strategier för att ta hand om sig själva. Sjuksköterskor utövade egenvård på både en fysisk, psykisk, spirituell och organisatorisk nivå. Genom att utöva egenvård förbättrade sjuksköterskorna sitt mående. Vidare påverkade detta omvårdnaden, då de bland annat kunde vara mer närvarande och lugna i mötet med patienten.  Sammanfattning: Sjuksköterskor behöver prioritera och utföra egenvård för att uppnå välbefinnande, vilket påverkar patientomvårdnaden positivt. Det är både arbetsgivares och sjuksköterskors ansvar att skapa förutsättningar för en genuin och effektiv egenvårdsstrategi. / Background: Nurses have an important societal function whose mission includes, among other things, promoting people's health. Unfortunately, many nurses leave the profession due to, for example, a stressful work situation. Nurses have an ethical responsibility to value their own well-being and employers have an interest in caring for their employees.  Aim: The aim was to describe nurses' self-care strategies and how these affect patient care.  Method: A literature review based on ten articles, nine of which are qualitative studies and one study with a mixed method. The data collection and analysis were done systematically. Results: The results showed that nurses used several different strategies to take care of themselves. Nurses practiced self-care on both a physical, psychological, spiritual and organizational level. By practicing self-care, the nurses improved their well-being. Furthermore, this affected nursingcare, as they could, among other things, be more present and calmer in the meeting with the patient. Summary: Nurses need to prioritize and perform self-care to achieve well-being, which positively affects patient care. It is the responsibility of both employers and nurses to create the opportunities for a genuine and effective self-care strategy.

Impostorfenomenet (IF) är vanligt förekommande i den akademiska kontexten. Studier visar att fenomenet har en negativ påverkan på studenters hälsa och prestation, vilket riskerar att följa studenterna in i arbetslivet. Det är viktigt att undersöka vilka faktorer som kan påverka fenomenet, för att få en ökad kunskap om hur det kan motverkas. Självmedkänsla och ett dynamiskt mindset har i tidigare forskning föreslagits som potentiella skyddsfaktorer mot IF, medan ett statiskt mindset har associerats till högre grad av IF. Syftet med denna tvärsnittsstudie var att undersöka hur vanligt förekommande impostorfenomenet är hos universitetsstudenter vid ett svenskt universitet. Ytterligare syftade studien till att undersöka huruvida självmedkänsla och mindset predicerar IF. Totalt 238 studenter från olika universitetsutbildningar deltog i studien. Data samlades in via Clance Impostor Scale, Theory of Intelligence Scale och Self-compassion Scale Short Form. Deskriptiva analyser och en multipel regressionsanalys genomfördes. Resultatet visade att 68.1% av deltagarna upplevde frekventa och höga nivåer av IF. Självmedkänsla och mindset förklarade tillsammans 51.7% av variationen i IF. Endast självmedkänsla var en signifikant prediktor, där högre grad av självmedkänsla relaterade till lägre grad av IF. Resultatet antyder att IF är vanligt förekommande, samt att ett självmedkännande förhållningssätt kan skydda mot impostorkänslor, vilket anger en riktning för framtida forskning för att utveckla lämpliga interventioner. / The impostor phenomenon (IP) is common within the academic context, and has a negative impact on students’ health and performance, with the risk of affecting their later careers. This highlights the need to investigate which factors are involved in the phenomenon, to develop a better understanding for its prevention. Self-compassion and a growth mindset have been suggested as potential resilience factors against IP, while a fixed mindset has been linked to higher rates of IP. The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of IP in a sample of Swedish university students. The purpose was also to explore how self-compassion and mindset predict IP. A total of 238 students from different university programs participated in the study. Data was collected with the Clance Impostor Scale, Theory of Intelligence Scale and Self-compassion Scale Short Form. Descriptive analyses and a multiple regression analysis was performed. The result showed that 68.1% of participants reported frequent or high levels of IP. Self-compassion and mindset together explained 51.7% of the variation in the impostor phenomenon. Self-compassion was the only significant predictor, with higher rates of self- compassion being related to lower rates of IP. The results suggest that IP is a common experience, and that self-compassion can function as a protective factor, which motivates the need for further research on effective interventions.