Does Psychoeducation Help People to Respond with Self-Compassion to Lapses in Goal Pursuit?

An experiment tested whether educating people about self-compassion can help them to respond self-compassionately to goal lapses. Participants received self-compassion psychoeducation (vs. control) and were instructed to respond self-compassionately to a recalled lapse. Self-compassion psychoeducation did not influence state self-compassion, suggesting that education alone is not sufficient  to promote self-compassion.