Self-compassion : a potential buffer for difficult experiences in sport for young female athletes
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kowalski, Kent C. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kontulainen, Saija | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Morrison, Todd | en_US |
| dc.creator | Reis, Nathan | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-02T12:00:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-02T12:00:11Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2013-05 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-05-01 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2013 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Through two phases we examined self-compassion as a way to promote healthy reactions, thoughts, and emotions in young women athletes when faced with emotionally difficult sport-specific scenarios. In Phase I, participants (N = 101; Mage = 20.0) completed measures of self-compassion, self-esteem, and narcissism, as well as reactions, thoughts, and emotions in response to hypothetical (i.e., responsible for a team loss) and recalled scenarios. After partialling out self-esteem and narcissism, self-compassion was related (p < .01) to negative affect (r =-.40), catastrophizing thoughts (r =-.30), personalizing thoughts (r =-.32), and behavioural equanimity (r =.28) for the hypothetical scenario. A similar pattern was found for the recalled scenario. Participants returning for Phase II were randomly assigned to a self-compassion induction (n = 21), self-esteem induction (n =20), or writing control (n =18) group. Following the induction, they responded to the same hypothetical scenario as in Phase I. A doubly multivariate analysis with self-esteem and narcissism as covariates showed a non-significant induction by time interaction, Wilks’ Lambda = .75, F (12, 96) = 1.27. However, hierarchical regression analysis similar to Leary et al. (2007) showed initial levels of self-compassion as the only significant predictor for negative affect, personalizing thoughts, and behavioural equanimity. Future research needs continued focus on how and when self-compassion is most useful to young women athletes. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-05-1004 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self-Compassion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Young Female Athletes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sport | en_US |
| dc.title | Self-compassion : a potential buffer for difficult experiences in sport for young female athletes | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Kinesiology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Behavioural Science | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |