Complex sentence: Interestingly, self-compassionate people tended to be more accepting of flaws in their character and behavior than people low in self-compassion: people with high levels of self-compassion did not obsess or become defensive over undesirable parts of their character.
Split into simpler sentences: Interestingly, self-compassionate people tended to be more accepting of flaws in their character and behavior than people low in self-compassion. People with high levels of self-compassion did not obsess or become defensive over undesirable parts of their character.