TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ewert, Christina
A1  - Gaube, Benjamin
A1  - Geisler, Fay Caroline Mary
T1  - Dispositional self-compassion impacts immediate and delayed reactions to social evaluation
JF  - Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences
N2  - In the present study, we investigated the beneficial effects of trait self-compassion (SC) on perceived stress, shame, and the use of coping strategies in reaction to a socio-evaluative stressor while controlling for the effects of neuroticism (N) and conscientiousness (C). Participants (N = 105) performed a mental-arithmetic task with immediate in-person feedback. SC predicted less perceived stress and shame immediately after the stressor. Additionally, SC predicted less shame after a short recovery phase. This effect was fully mediated by less use of denial. Furthermore, SC buffered the effect of N on the use of denial, and C on shame after recovery. SC also predicted more use of positive reframing. Thus, SC may make a socio-evaluative stressor less threatening and may thwart a shame-inducing conception of the stressor by promoting clearer processing. Furthermore, SC may be especially beneficial for those vulnerable to dysfunctional coping and negative self-conscious emotions. This study contributes to the understanding of how trait self-compassion beneficially influences the processing of stressful situations.
KW  - Self-compassion
KW  - Stress
KW  - Coping
KW  - Shame
KW  - Social evaluation
KW  - Denial
KW  - Acceptance
KW  - Positive refraining
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.12.037
SN  - 0191-8869
VL  - 125
SP  - 91
EP  - 96
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -