TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ewert, Christina
A1  - Hoffmann, Cosma Frauke Antonia
A1  - Schröder-Abé, Michela
T1  - Stress processing mediates the link between momentary self-compassion and affective well-being
JF  - Mindfulness
N2  - Objectives
 While the positive effects of trait self-compassion on affective well-being are widely known, within-person effects of state self-compassion and underlying mechanisms between state self-compassion and affective well-being have rarely been investigated. The current study aimed at examining whether perceived stress and healthier coping responses are mediators in the relation between momentary self-compassion and affective well-being. 
 
Methods
A total of 213 participants completed measures of momentary self-compassion, momentary perceived stress, and engagement and disengagement coping responses, as well as affective well-being (i.e., presence of positive and absence of negative affect) via their smartphones. The ambulatory assessment design included three measurements per day (morning, afternoon, evening) for 7 days.

Results
Multilevel modeling revealed that within-persons, momentary levels of self-compassion were related to momentary levels of stress, coping responses, and affective well-being components. 1-1-1 multilevel mediation analyses were conducted and demonstrated that, at the within-person level, momentary self-compassion was related to more positive and less negative affect via perceived stress and facilitating healthy coping responses. The within-person relations of the original 1-1-1 multilevel mediation could partially be replicated in an alternative model with momentary self-compassion one occasion prior and positive affect. However, the link between self-compassion one occasion prior and negative affect was only mediated by perceived stress. 

Conclusions 
This work helps to understand the processes underlying the adaptive effects of momentary self-compassion on momentary affective well-being on a given occasion. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
KW  - Self-compassion
KW  - Stress processing
KW  - Coping
KW  - Affective well-being
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01954-z
SN  - 1868-8527
SN  - 1868-8535
VL  - 13
IS  - 9
SP  - 2269
EP  - 2281
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  -