Fear of compassion is associated with treatment ambivalence and negative expectations for treatment in people with anxiety

Fears of compassion are hypothesized to be associated with treatment attitudes, but this relationship has not yet been explored.Measures of fear of compassion and treatment expectations and ambivalence were administered to those with above-average anxiety (N = 302) and those who met criteria for an anxiety or related disorder (N = 40).In those with anxiety disorders, fear of receiving compassion and fear of self-compassion were strongly...