Self-compassion versus global self-esteem: two different ways of relating to oneself.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Personality

• Publication date

  2009-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00537.xPMID 19076996
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