Self-Compassion: An Alternative Conceptualization of a Healthy Attitude Toward Oneself

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Self and Identity

• Publication date

  2003-04-01

• Fields of study

  Philosophy, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/15298860309032
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