Table 1.

Domains and categories from CQR-M analyses of self-compassion essays.

Domain	Category	Description	Illustrative Quotes
Positive Body Image		Positive aspects of relationship with one’s body or perspective of body
	Acceptance	Acceptance of body as is, with imperfections	As of currently, I’m not really broken. I’m a little overweight; I’ve got some unhealthy eating habits. I need improving. But I’m not broken.
	Functionality	Focus on what the body or body parts allow one to do	I want to have a body that will be useful.
	Love and Respect	Appreciation for one’s body	You are only given one body in this life so we should love it and treat it with respect.
	Connection with Others	Feeling close or desiring to help others as a result of feeling good about one’s body	I can still be there for young girls who aren’t so comfortable with themselves and tell them that they are beautiful the way they are.
	Self-worth	Positive body image has a reciprocal relationship with self-esteem	I feel better about myself as a person when I feel good about my body.
Psychological Flexibility		Self-awareness of one’s feelings about the body, and willingness to change or alter thinking, decisions, or behavior
	Adaptability	Comfortable with changes in and feeling about one’s physical body	I know to look at my body image as an ongoing thing.
	Mindfulness	Non-judgmental awareness of how one thinks about or relates to one’s body	I don’t really know how to be compassionate towards my body other than to say that it’s okay and not too bad.
	Perspective-Taking	Minimizing the importance of body image in context	Life is way too short trying to be someone else and to look like someone else.
	Mind-Body Connection	Awareness of connection between mind and body	I work out because it relieves stress and makes me feel better about myself.
	Common Humanity	Recognition of shared human experiences with body image	I know I’m not the only one that thinks this way; in fact, odds are good that the majority of people have this state of mind.
	Spirituality	Influence of religious or spiritual beliefs on one’s relationship with body	God tells me that I’m his beloved child. That I was fearfully and wonderfully made. That I have an eternal hope in him. I can find my identity in the truth that I am his creation, that he delights in me…
Empowerment		Feelings of increased confidence, authority, or power regarding body image
	Internal Locus of Control	Cognitively recognizing what is within one’s power to change	I think that once you love yourself the way you are it is a lot easier to take control of the situation and change the things that you may not like about yourself.
	Ownership	Taking action to change aspects of body that one does not like	I have been going to the gym more frequently, putting in 100 percent effort at workouts, and eating less or not so late at night or least try to. It is a hard struggle I face but I hope the outcome is worth it in the end. I just want to feel comfortable in my body like I did two years ago.
	Fake It until You Make It	The belief that if one works to have positive body image, then one will eventually have it	I have to repeatedly tell myself you are not ugly, and hopefully one day I will believe it.
	Advice	Giving advice to others about how to cope with or improve body image	Love your body, love yourself, love others, love life.
Social Context		Factors in social environment that influence body image
	Positive Social Influence	Relationships with important others involve elements of positive body image	My boyfriend makes me feel like his most prized possession here on earth. He forever fills me with words of love, reminding me of my beauty, the way I am loved for exactly who I am, and how he wants to spend his forever alongside mine.
	Negative Social Influence	Relationships have a negative influence on body image	I think her [friend’s] eating behavior rubbed off onto me, and I started viewing myself as fat and ugly.
	Media Influence	Portrayals of body image in media impact body image	Who has defined what a person is “supposed” to look like anyways? The media? The answer is yes. We get so caught up in photo-shopped images of people who make their money by being beautiful and wonder why we don’t look exactly like them.
Negative Body Image		Cognitive, social, and affective components of negative body image
	Feeling Separate from Others	Feelings of isolation due to body image	I know I have a larger butt and wide hips so I tend to feel different than anyone else…
	Self-Criticism	Negative self-talk about body image	I am always criticizing it [my body], putting the wrong foods in and being lazy.
	Comparisons	Comparing one’s body to others’	Comparing my body to others at field hockey is something that I’ve always done.
	Shame	Feeling shame or unworthiness related to body image	I think my biggest fear is that because of how I look nobody is going to love me fully.
	Negative Health Behaviors	Endorsing extreme or disordered eating behaviors	I’ve done extreme diets in the past, I’ve stopped eating, even thrown up after guilty meals.
Material Influence		Material influences on body image that are derived from sources that are not part of the body it self
	Appearance: Makeup	Makeup utilized to change or alter appearance	The right makeup makes me feel good.
	Appearance: Clothing	Clothes or outfits influence how one feels about the body; clothes are related to both body image and self-worth	When I dress up and get ready I know I look good. I feel good and I look good.
Disengagement		Specific mention of disengagement from intervention, prompt, or topic
	Boredom	Participant explicitly expressed disinterest in writing	I am bored.
	Avoidance	Participant avoided discussion of topics included in prompt	…anyway I digress.
	Saturation	Participant felt that they have shared everything they can about the topic of body image	I have nothing else to say about this.