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Paradoxical Effects of Self-Compassion on Mood and Teeth Flossing Behavior in an Experimental Setting
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Friis, A. M.,Johnson, M. H.,Consedine, N. S.
- 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science and Business Media
- 출판년도2017
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
- 발행사항Vol.8No.1[2017]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN1868-8527
- 소개/요약Dispositional self-compassion has been linked to better mood and better health behaviors in numerous studies, albeit in cross-sectional designs employing self-report measurement. This study (n = 42) experimentally evaluated how a self-compassion (versus self-criticism) manipulation impacted patterns of positive and negative emotion, tested whether it increased health behavior (flossing) and motivation to floss following negative feedback, and assessed whether changes in emotion predicted changes in behavior. As expected, there was greater positive and less negative mood following the self-compassion induction, but only temporarily; there were no buffering effects of the self-compassion intervention on mood after critical external feedback. In contrast to expectation, self-compassion predicted lower floss time and did not impact motivation to floss in future. These findings suggest that while being kind to oneself instead of self-critical may promote better mood, it may be less effective in motivating certain health behaviors like teeth flossing, at least in an experimental setting.
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