How self-compassionate are you? This quiz is designed to help you find out. It’s based on the scientifically validated Self-Compassion Scale developed by Kristin Neff and her colleagues at the ...

Kristin Neff got ... to conduct research on self-compassion – a central construct in Buddhist psychology and one that had not yet been examined empirically. The scale she created to measure ...

Dr. Kristin Neff is an associate professor in the University of Texas at Austin's department of educational psychology. She's also the co-author of 'Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout,' which offers ...