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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

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The Effects of Self-Compassion versus Distraction Treatments and Trait Self-Compassion on Emotional Reactions to Unpleasant Self-Relevant Events

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2011, v.30 no.3, pp.707-726


& (2011). The Effects of Self-Compassion versus Distraction Treatments and Trait Self-Compassion on Emotional Reactions to Unpleasant Self-Relevant Events. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 30(3), 707-726.
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Abstract

The current study employed an experimental design, to examine the effects of self-compassion versus distraction treatments on emotional reactions to unpleasant self-relevant events and the moderating role of trait self-compassion in these effects. 84 university students completing the Korean versions of the Self-Compassion Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory prior to experiment were asked to think and write about a negative event that they had experienced in school and that had made them feel badly about themselves. After writing about the event, they were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: self-compassion treatment(n = 42) or distraction treatment(n = 42). Their emotions(sadness, anger, anxiety, and happiness) were measured before and after recall, immediately after treatment, and at the end of the relaxation period. Results demonstrated that the self-compassion treatment showed a greater decrease in anger mood and tended to show a greater increase in happiness mood immediately after treatment as compared with the distraction treatment. These immediate effects tended to be generally maintained at the relaxation period. The superior effects of the self-compassion treatment as compared with the distraction treatment on change in anxious mood at the relaxation period tended to be more prominent in the lower trait self-compassion group. In conclusion, these results suggest that self-compassion treatment may be a useful intervention for improving emotional reactions to unpleasant self-relevant events in non-clinical samples and that their trait self-compassion may emerge as a moderator of the relative efficacy of self-compassion treatment.

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self-compassion treatment, trait self-compassion, emotional reactions, moderating role, distraction treatment, 자기 자비 처치, 특질 자기 자비, 정서반응, 중재효과, 주의분산 처치

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