@article{RentzschSchroederAbe2022,
  author    = {Rentzsch, Katrin and Schr{\"o}der-Ab{\´e}, Michela},
  title     = {Top down or bottom up?},
  series = {Journal of personality and social psychology / American Psychological Association},
  volume    = {122},
  journal   = {Journal of personality and social psychology / American Psychological Association},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {American Psychological Association},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0022-3514},
  doi       = {10.1037/pspp0000393},
  pages     = {714 -- 730},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Classical theoretical perspectives have implied that either global self-esteem has an impact on domain-specific self-esteem (top-down) or domain-specific self-esteem affects global self-esteem (bottom-up). The goal of the present research was to investigate whether classical top-down and bottom-up approaches could withstand a thorough test. To do so, we applied elaborate analytical methods in a four-wave longitudinal study across 6 years with preregistered hypotheses and data analyses. We analyzed data from N = 1,417 German participants (30.6\% men, median of 12 to 13 years of education) with an average age of 47.0 years (SD = 12.4, range 18 to 88) at intake. Analyses using latent variable approaches for modeling intraindividual change provided evidence of top-down effects only. For example, participants with higher global self-esteem exhibited an increase in performance self-esteem but not vice versa. Our results also provided evidence of "vertical" associations between global and domain-specific self-esteem, that is, parallel development within the same time frame. In addition, the analyses revealed high rank order stability and a substantial trait component in global self-esteem and the self-esteem domains. The present findings have important theoretical and practical implications for the stability and development of self-esteem in adulthood and advance the understanding of global and domain-specific self-esteem in personality theory.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EwertHoffmannSchroederAbe2022,
  author    = {Ewert, Christina and Hoffmann, Cosma Frauke Antonia and Schr{\"o}der-Ab{\´e}, Michela},
  title     = {Stress processing mediates the link between momentary self-compassion and affective well-being},
  series = {Mindfulness},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {Mindfulness},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Dordrecht},
  issn      = {1868-8527},
  doi       = {10.1007/s12671-022-01954-z},
  pages     = {2269 -- 2281},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}