Self-Compassion: A Resource for Positive Aging

Phillips, Wendy J.; Ferguson, Susan J.

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“…Future research could explore more of this area of study. Neuroticism predicted self-compassion negatively in both samples, supporting past findings of the association of neuroticism in general (krieger et al 2013;neff 2003a;neff et al 2007b;Pauley & mcPherson 2010;PhilliPs & ferguson 2013;raes 2010;shaPira & mongrain 2010;Terry et al 2012). Results showed that self-compassionate seminarians and non-seminarians could experience lower levels of neuroticism.…”

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Personality and Self-Compassion: Exploring Their Relationship in an Indian Context

Thurackal¹,

Corveleyn²,

Dezutter³

2016

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The present study examines the relationship between personality and self-compassion among Indian emerging adults. Two samples of emerging adult males (N 1 = 494 Catholic seminarians, N 2 = 504 Catholic non-seminarians) completed the Big Five Inventory, the Honesty-Humility Subscale of HEXACO and the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form. Primarily, we examined the mean-level differences for Big Five factors, honesty-humility and self-compassion between the samples and found that mean-levels were higher for seminarians except for neuroticism. Therefore, we treated the samples separately for further analyses. Secondly, we examined the associations between personality factors of the Big Five, honesty-humility and self-compassion. Consciousness, agreeableness and extraversion were positively associated with self-compassion. Neuroticism had a large negative correlation with self-compassion. Openness to experience had a medium positive relationship with self-compassion among seminarians and a small positive relationship among emerging adult non-seminarians. A medium positive association was found between honesty-humility and self-compassion. Thirdly, we examined the impact of personality factors on self-compassion. Self-compassion was significantly and positively predicted by agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and honesty-humility for seminarians and by extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness for non-seminarians. Neuroticism was a significant negative predictor of self-compassion for both samples. European Journal of Mental Health 11 (2016) 18-35 DOI: 10.5708/EJMH.11.2016.1-2

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Personality and Self-Compassion: Exploring Their Relationship in an Indian Context

Thurackal¹,

Corveleyn²,

Dezutter³

2016

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“…A number of studies found ego integrity and despair to be related to feelings of depression and anxiety (James & Zarrett, 2005;Santor & Zuroff, 1994;Van Hiel & Vansteenkiste, 2009) as well as to feelings of well-being and meaning in life (Dezutter, Wiesmann, Apers, & Luyckx, 2013;James & Zarrett, 2005;Phillips & Ferguson, 2013;Torges et al, 2009;Van Hiel & Vansteenkiste, 2009;Webster, 2010;Wiesmann & Hannich, 2011). However, these studies did not use the more encompassing dual continua model.…”

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The Relation of Ego Integrity and Despair to Personality Traits and Mental Health

Westerhof

Bohlmeijer

McAdams

2015

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Objectives: Existing studies in the Eriksonian tradition found that ego integrity and despair are important indicators of life-span development. The present study relates ego integrity and despair to contemporary theories of personality and mental health. Method: A cross-sectional study of Dutch adults aged between 50 and 95 years (N = 218) was carried out, using the Northwestern Ego Integrity Scale, the subscales for neuroticism, extraversion, and openness to experience of the NEO-FFI, the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale-Short Form. Results: Extraversion and openness to experience have an indirect relation to ego integrity that is mediated by well-being. Neuroticism was related to despair and explained the relationship of depressive symptoms to despair. Chronological age did not moderate these findings. Discussion: Ego integrity appears to be related to fluctuating states of mental health, whereas despair is more an expression of a general trait-like disposition of neuroticism. Implications for further research are discussed.Keywords: Depression-Despair-Ego integrity-Erikson-Mental health-Personality-Well-being Ego integrity and despair form one of the fascinating conceptual pairs that Erik Erikson coined in his theory of human development across the life span. In contrast to identity versus role confusion (Kroger, 2007) or generativity versus stagnation (McAdams, 2009), it has not been the subject of intensive empirical research. Existing studies have mainly been carried out in the Eriksonian tradition, relating ego integrity and despair to the resolution of earlier psychosocial crises, to the acceptance of the past and the finitude of life. The present study addresses ego integrity and despair from recent theories of personality and mental health to bring it closer to contemporary psychology. We use a cross-sectional study of Dutch adults in their second half of life (50-95 years) to assess hypotheses derived from this broader framework. We are especially interested how ego integrity and despair are related to more stable dispositional traits as well as to mental health as a more momentary and fluctuating state.Erikson (1950, 1982) distinguished eight phases in his model of life-span development, each of which is characterized by a particular psychosocial issue. The last phase of life is characterized by the duality of ego integrity versus despair. Erikson described ego integrity as "the acceptance of one's one and only life cycle as something that had to be" (1950, p. 268) and later as "a sense of coherence and wholeness" (1982, p. 65). At the same time, late life brings reasons for experiencing despair, such as aspects of the past, present, and future that are difficult to integrate into a meaningful whole. Late life is therefore characterized by both integrity and despair as alternating states that need to be balanced.

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“…Por sua vez, a ocorrência de correlações negativas verificou-se apenas quando considerado o afeto negativo e as demais variáveis. Este padrão de resultados foi também reportado em estudos anteriores, conduzidos em amostras da população idosa, os quais demonstraram que a autocompaixão se associa, não só ao bem-estar subjetivo, mas também ao estado de saúde (física e mental) (Allen et al, 2012;Brown et al,2015;Phillips e Ferguson, 2013;Pinto-Gouveia et al, 2013). De facto, as competências autocompassivas permitem aos idosos perceber as suas dificuldades inerentes ao processo de envelhecimento de forma calorosa e compreensiva, moderando as reações perante acontecimentos indutores de stresse e adquirindo iniciativa para lidar com as suas falhas, o que conduz à adoção de um estilo de coping adaptativo perante as adversidades (Allen e Leary, 2010;Allen et al, 2012).…”

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“…Em amostras na população com idade mais avançada, pode observar-se que a autocompaixão se encontra associada positivamente com a saúde e o bemestar, em geral, satisfação com a vida, função social, envelhecimento bem-sucedido (Allen, Goldwasser e Leary, 2012), saúde mental (Brown, Bryant, Brown, Bei e Judd, 2015), autoestima (Allen e Leary, 2014), afetos positivos, integridade do Ego e sentido da vida (Phillips e Ferguson, 2013). Em sentido contrário, verificou-se associada negativamente com a dor, problemas emocionais, sintomas depressivos (Allen et al, 2012) e afetos negativos (Phillips e Ferguson, 2013).…”

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Autocompaixão, bem-estar subjetivo e estado de saúde na idade avançada

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Cunha

Galhardo

et al. 2018

Rev Port Inv Comp Soc

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Resultados: 1) A idade, a escolaridade e o local de residência apresentaram uma correlação significativa e no sentido esperado com a saúde física e mental, e com o afeto positivo. O tipo de resposta social dos idosos mostrou-se associado a quase todas as variáveis em estudo. Globalmente, os idosos que se encontram no seu domicílio apresentam uma maior satisfação com a vida, uma melhor saúde física e mental, mais traços compassivos, e mais afeto positivo, comparativamente aos que se encontram sob resposta social; 2) Foram encontradas associações significativas e no sentido esperado entre a autocompaixão, bem-estar subjetivo e estado de saúde; 3) A perceção da saúde física está associada a uma maior satisfação com a vida e menor idade do idoso; a perceção da saúde mental está associada ao aumento da satisfação com a vida, da autocompaixão e diminuição dos afetos negativos; e, por último, a satisfação com a vida está associada a uma superior saúde física e autocompaixão. Conclusões: Estes resultados sugerem a importância do desenvolvimento de estratégias psicológicas que permitam lidar de forma mais calorosa, tolerante e aceitante o sofrimento resultante dos momentos difíceis típicos da idade avançada, apoiando o possível benefício das terapias focadas na compaixão junto desta população específica, nomeadamente na promoção da satisfação com a vida e saúde mental. ABSTRACT Keywords Self-compassion Physical health Mental health Subjective well-being Satisfaction with lifeIntroduction: The growth in aging population is a society major advance but also entails many challenges, imposing the need for actions promoting successful aging, with higher subjective well-being and better health. Objectives: To analyse how self-compassion, satisfaction with life, affect, physical and mental health are associated in advanced age, controlling for the effect of sex, age, schooling, place of residence and type of participants' social response. Additionally, this study sought out to explore the variables that better predict satisfaction with life and health in the elderly. Method: The study sample included 155 individuals, aged between 65 and 94 years old, from Coimbra and Leiria districts. Participants completed a set of instruments in an interview format. Results: 1) Age, schooling and place of residence were significantly correlated in the expected direction with physical and mental health, as well as positive affect. Participants' type of social response was associated with almost all variables. In general, the elderly living at their own home had a higher satisfaction with life, better physical and mental health, more compassionate traits, and more positive affect, when compared to those attending a social response; 2) Significant associations in the expected direction were also found between self-compassion, subjective well-being and health; 3) Greater life satisfaction and younger age were the best predictors of physical health; mental health was best predicted by increased satisfaction with life, self-compassion and decreased ...

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Self-Compassion: A Resource for Positive Aging

Abstract: These results extend research knowledge, inform strategies to enhance well-being in older adults, and indicate that self-compassion may represent a valuable psychological resource for positive aging.

Cited by 100 publications

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Personality and Self-Compassion: Exploring Their Relationship in an Indian Context

Personality and Self-Compassion: Exploring Their Relationship in an Indian Context

The Relation of Ego Integrity and Despair to Personality Traits and Mental Health

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