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dc.contributor.authorDupasquier, Jessica R.
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Allison C.
dc.contributor.authorMoscovitch, David A.
dc.contributor.authorVidovic, Vanja
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-08 14:58:38 (GMT)
dc.date.available2020-06-08 14:58:38 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0792-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/15986
dc.descriptionThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Mindfulness. The final authenticated version is available online from Springer at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0792-0en
dc.description.abstractDisclosure of personal distress is linked to important inter- and intrapersonal benefits. However, people who tend to view self-disclosure as being risky are likely to conceal their feelings and forgo opportunities to receive valuable social support. One such group of people may be those who fear receiving compassion. The current study of 85 female undergraduates investigated (a) whether fear of receiving compassion would predict decreased distress disclosure, and (b) whether inducing a self-compassionate mindset could help to temper the association between fear of receiving compassion and perceived risks of revealing one’s distress to others. Participants completed self-report questionnaires to measure trait-like fears of receiving compassion as well as general distress disclosure tendencies. They were then enrolled in a laboratory experiment in which they recalled a personal past negative experience and were randomly assigned to write about it in a self-compassionate, self-esteem enhancing, or non-directive way. Finally, they rated how risky disclosing their experience would feel and disclosed the event in a written letter to another person. At a trait level, results indicated that the more participants feared receiving compassion, the less they tended to disclose. Moreover, self-compassion training – but neither of the comparison conditions – significantly weakened the positive link between fear of receiving compassion and perceived risks of distress disclosure. These novel findings suggest that practicing self-compassion could help to neutralize the maladaptive relationship between fear of receiving compassion and perceived risk of disclosure.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Grant 435-2012-0017 || Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Grant 430-2013-000757|| Canada Research Chairs, Grant 950-223145en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.subjectself-compassionen
dc.subjectself-disclosureen
dc.subjectdistress disclosureen
dc.subjectfear of compassionen
dc.titlePracticing self-compassion weakens the relationship between fear of receiving compassion and the desire to conceal negative experiences from othersen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAPAen
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Psychologyen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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