The effect of self-criticism on one's psychological state: A literature review

Self-criticism is an insult or punishment that comes from oneself, when a person judges that they have not met the standards that have been set internally so that they have a mindset in response to perceived failures that can create a negation scheme that becomes the basis for depressive thinking. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of self-criticism on a person's psychological condition. This study used the literature review method. The data for this study were sourced from national scientific journal articles obtained through Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Pubmed. This study found that self-criticism has been associated with self-harm, depression, psychopathology, and has also been directly linked to suicide. This study showed that self-criticism was associated with suicidality, depression, NSSI, relationship need satisfaction, anxiety, disordered eating, and pain response.