Self-compassion and social stress: Links with subjective stress and cortisol responses.
Affiliation of Author, Researcher, or Creator
Marlboro Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies
Department
Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies
Author(s)
Ketay, S., Beck, L. A., & Dajci, J.
Resource Type
Article
Publication, Publisher or Distributor
Self and Identity
Publication Date
2023
Brief Description
The present study investigated links between self-compassion and responses to social stress. Participants (N = 102) were randomly assigned to a self-compassion training or a comparison condition and engaged in the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G). Measures of trait self-compassion, subjective perceptions of stress, and salivary cortisol were collected. Participants with higher trait self-compassion had significantly lower subjective and cortisol responses to stress during the TSST-G than did participants with lower trait self-compassion. Participants in the self-compassion training condition did not have significantly lower responses to stress. Results suggest that trait self-compassion is linked with subjective and physiological responses to a social-evaluative stressor. Implications for trait self-compassion and self-compassion training on subjective and physiological responses to stress are discussed.
Keywords
self-compassion, subjective stress, social stress, cortisol response
Recommended Citation
Ketay, S., Beck, L. A., & Dajci, J. (2023). Self-compassion and social stress: Links with subjective stress and cortisol responses. Self and Identity, 22(3), 486-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2022.2117733
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APA
Peer Reviewed
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