Self-Compassion Moderates the Effect of Contingent Self-Esteem on Well-Being:Evidence from Cross-Sectional Survey and Experiment

作     者：Ruirui Zhang Xuguang Zhang Minxin Yang Haoran Zhang 

作者机构：Mental Health Education and Counseling CenterShanghai University of International Business and EconomicsShanghai201620China School of Communication EngineeringHangzhou Dianzi UniversityHangzhou310018China School of LanguagesShanghai University of International Business and EconomicsShanghai201620China School of Computer Science and Information TechnologyNortheast Normal UniversityChangchun130117China LibraryNortheast Normal UniversityChangchun130024China 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》 (国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第26卷第2期

页      面：117-126页

核心收录：

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 05[文学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 

基　　金：the Jilin Science and Technology Department 20200201280JC and Shanghai special fund for ideological and political work in Shanghai University of International Business and Economics 

主　　题：Self-compassion contingent self-esteem well-being social evaluative threat 

摘      要：Contingent self-esteem captures the fragile nature of self-esteem and is often regarded as suboptimal to psychological ***-compassion is another important self-related concept assumed to promote mental health and ***,research on the relation of self-compassion to contingent self-esteem is *** studies were conducted to explore the role of selfcompassion,either as a personal characteristic or an induced mindset,in influencing the effects of contingent self-esteem on *** 1 recruited 256 Chinese college students(30.4%male,mean age=21.72 years)who filled out measures of contingent self-esteem,self-compassion,and *** results found that self-compassion moderated the effect of contingent self-esteem on *** Study 2,a sample of 90 Chinese college students(34%male,mean age=18.39 years)were randomly assigned to either a control or self-compassion *** completed baseline trait measures of contingent self-esteem,self-compassion,and ***,they were led to have a 12-min break(control group)or listen to a 12-min self-compassion audio(self-compassion group),followed by a social stress task and outcome *** results demonstrated the effectiveness of the brief self-compassion training and its moderating role in influencing the effects of contingent self-esteem on negative affects after the social stress *** research provides implications that to equip with a self-compassionate mindset could lower the risk of the impairment of well-being associated with elements of contingent selfesteem,which involves a fragile sense of *** may also provide insights into the development of an“optimal selfesteemand the improvement of well-being.