People who are high in self-compassion treat themselves with kindness and concern when they
experience negative events. The present article examines the construct of self-compassion from
the standpoint of research on coping in an effort to understand the ways in which people who are
high in self-compassion cope with stressful events. Self-compassionate people tend to rely heavily
on positive cognitive restructuring and less so on avoidance and escape but do not appear to differ
from less self-compassionate people in the degree to which they cope through problem-solving or
distraction. Existing evidence does not show clear differences in the degree to which people who
are low versus high in self-compassion seek support as a coping strategy, but more research is
needed.