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Self Compassion Paper

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Body image is the way a person perceives of how aesthetically appealing their physical appearance is, while any negative thoughts and feelings related to a person’s body image is considered body image disturbance. Self compassion is described as the ability to extend kindness or compassion to one’s self while suffering. Distress is an extreme feeling or anxiety, sorrow, or pain. The first diagram (Diagram A) shows the hypothesized relationship between body image and distress. According to this study, the group that would feel the greatest level of distress after breast cancer treatment would be the group of women that has high self-compassion. In the study, it was revealed that high levels of self compassion had a negative correlation to distress

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