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Kristin D. Neff is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Psychology and Medicine. The core areas of study include Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Gastroenterology, and Epidemiology.

Neff's work centers on a range of topics such as mindfulness and compassion interventions, COVID-19 and mental health, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes related to treatment, resilience and mental health, celiac disease research and management, microscopic colitis, and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Neff are:

  • Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention (2022) published in Annual Review of Psychology
  • The Development and Validation of the State Self-Compassion Scale (Long- and Short Form) (2020) published in Mindfulness
  • Caring for others without losing yourself: An adaptation of the Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Healthcare Communities (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Development and Validation of the Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (2020) published in Journal of Personality Assessment

Neff frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • István Tóth-Király
  • Marissa C. Knox
  • Ashley Kuchar
  • Oliver Davidson
  • Robert P. Anderson

Publication venues where Neff has contributed multiple works include Mindfulness and the PsycTESTS Dataset, with additional contributions to the Annual Review of Psychology, The Journal of Positive Psychology, and the Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Neff has also authored books, notably the "Handbook of Self-Compassion" published by Springer International Publishing in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Self-Compassion

    Kristin D. Neff

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

    Kristin D. Neff

  • Construction and factorial validation of a short form of the Self-Compassion Scale.

    Filip Raes;Elizabeth Pommier;Kristin D. Neff;Dinska Van Gucht

  • A pilot study and randomized controlled trial of the mindful self-compassion program.

    Kristin D. Neff;Christopher K. Germer

  • Self-compassion and adaptive psychological functioning.

    Kristin D. Neff;Kristin L. Kirkpatrick;Stephanie S. Rude

  • Self-compassion, Achievement Goals, and Coping with Academic Failure.

    Kristin D. Neff;Ya-Ping Hsieh;Kullaya Dejitterat

  • Self-compassion and Psychological Resilience Among Adolescents and Young Adults

    Kristin D. Neff;Pittman McGehee

  • Self‐Compassion Versus Global Self‐Esteem: Two Different Ways of Relating to Oneself

    Kristin D. Neff;Roos Vonk

  • An examination of self-compassion in relation to positive psychological functioning and personality traits

    Kristin D. Neff;Stephanie S. Rude;Kristin L. Kirkpatrick

  • Self-Compassion, Self-Esteem, and Well-Being

    Kristin D. Neff

  • Self-compassion in clinical practice.

    Christopher K. Germer;Kristin D. Neff

  • The Self-Compassion Scale is a Valid and Theoretically Coherent Measure of Self-Compassion

    Kristin D. Neff

  • The Relationship between Self-compassion and Other-focused Concern among College Undergraduates, Community Adults, and Practicing Meditators

    Kristin D. Neff;Elizabeth Pommier

  • Self-Compassion: What It Is, What It Does, and How It Relates to Mindfulness

    Kristin D. Neff;Katie A. Dahm

  • Self-Compassion and Self-Construal in the United States, Thailand, and Taiwan

    Kristin D. Neff;Kullaya Pisitsungkagarn;Ya Ping Hsieh

  • The Role of Self-Compassion in Development: A Healthier Way to Relate to Oneself

    Kristin D. Neff

  • Self-Compassion and Body Dissatisfaction in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Meditation Intervention

    Ellen R. Albertson;Kristin D. Neff;Karen E. Dill-Shackleford

  • The Role of Self-compassion in Romantic Relationships

    Kristin D. Neff;S. Natasha Beretvas

  • Meeting Suffering With Kindness: Effects of a Brief Self‐Compassion Intervention for Female College Students

    Elke Smeets;Kristin Neff;Hugo Alberts;Madelon Peters

  • Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention

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  • The science of self-compassion.

    Kristin D. Neff

Frequent Co-Authors

Jameson K. Hirsch
Jameson K. Hirsch East Tennessee State University
Susan Harter
Susan Harter University of Denver
Fuschia M. Sirois
Fuschia M. Sirois University of Sheffield
Nathan A. Kimbrel
Nathan A. Kimbrel Duke University
Filip Raes
Filip Raes KU Leuven
Elliot Turiel
Elliot Turiel University of California, Berkeley
Claudio Simon Hutz
Claudio Simon Hutz Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Jesús Montero-Marín
Jesús Montero-Marín University of Oxford
Madelon L. Peters
Madelon L. Peters Maastricht University
Sandra B. Morissette
Sandra B. Morissette The University of Texas at San Antonio

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