Self-compassion and women athletes' responses to emotionally difficult sport situations: An evaluation of a brief induction

A Preliminary Exploration of the Application of Self-Compassion Within the Context of Sport Injury

“…Although self-compassion research indicates that it is a promising avenue for athletes to pursue, some athletes have expressed concern that self-compassion may promote passivity and acceptance of mediocrity (Reis et al, 2015). Reis and colleagues (2015) suggested that their brief self-compassion induction in female athlete was ineffective due to a hesitancy to adopt a self-compassionate mindset and fear of the effect of self-compassion on striving for optimal performance. Rather, self-criticism is seen as a necessary component for improvement and goal attainment in sport, and athletes fear that too much self-compassion may promote complacency (Reis et al, 2015).…”

“…Reis and colleagues (2015) suggested that their brief self-compassion induction in female athlete was ineffective due to a hesitancy to adopt a self-compassionate mindset and fear of the effect of self-compassion on striving for optimal performance. Rather, self-criticism is seen as a necessary component for improvement and goal attainment in sport, and athletes fear that too much self-compassion may promote complacency (Reis et al, 2015). Literature indicates, however, that self-criticism is negatively associated with goal progress and self-concordant goal motivation (Powers, Koestner, Lacaille, Kwan, & Zuroff, 2009), whereas self-compassion has been found to increase self-improvement motivation and behavior (Breines & Chen, 2012).…”

“…Subsequent to gaining approval for the study from coaches and ATs of the respective teams, a meeting was set up with each team before the start of the competitive season where all athletes present were invited to participate and the purposes of the study were outlined. The research purposes explained that the current study was examining a range of psychological predictors of injury but did not state that self-compassion was the focus of the study given potential resistance toward adopting a self-compassionate mindset in sport (Reis et al, 2015). Athletes were told that participation was voluntary and that their athletic standing would not be affected by their participation.…”

Effects of storage temperature and time on internal quality of satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu marc.) by means of E-nose and E-tongue based on two-way MANOVA analysis and random forest

“…Two-way MANOVA analysis is applied to check the significance of the effects of two factors A and B, and their interaction in a two-way multivariate factorial layout (Xu, 2015). It has been widely employed in experimental sciences, such as biology (Tilman et al, 1997) and psychology (Reis et al, 2015); however, little reference is found in the field of food storage.…”

Self-Compassion, Social Rank, and Psychological Distress in Varyingly Competitive Athletes

“…Self-compassion has been associated with a number of beneficial factors in sport, including increased well-being and reduced body image concerns, fear of failure, and fear of negative evaluation (Eke, Adam, Kowalski, & Ferguson, 2019;Ferguson, Kowalski, Mack, & Sabiston, 2014;Ferguson, Kowalski, Mack, & Sabiston, 2015;Mosewich, Kowalski, Sabiston, Sedgwick, & Tracy, 2011;Reis, Kowalski, Mosewich, & Ferguson, 2019). Second, individuals higher in selfcompassion have repeatedly been shown to respond with more positive and facilitative responses, and less negative responses to hypothetical, imaged or real negative sporting scenarios (Barczak & Eklund, 2018;Ferguson et al, 2015;Reis et al, 2015;Reis et al, 2019). It has also recently been demonstrated that individuals in team environments are more likely to be self-compassionate when they perceive their teammates to be (Crozier, Mosewich, & Ferguson, 2019).…”