Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Kristin Neff's research interests center on the psychological health benefits of self-compassion. Self-compassion is a concept borrowed from Buddhist psychology, and entails self-kindness, feelings of interconnectedness, and mindfulness. Dr. Neff has developed a scale to measure the construct and has conducted numerous studies on the topic.
Dr. Neff is internationally recognized as a pioneering researcher into self-compassion. She is now focusing on applications of self-compassion, teaching people how to relate to themselves with greater kindness.
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