Citation

Allen AB, Cazeau S, Grace J, Banos AS. Violence Against Women 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801220905631

PMID

32100634

Abstract

This research assesses the relationship between self-compassion and well-being following an imagined trauma (i.e., sexual assault) and shows positive outcomes from a self-compassion induction. After a pilot study (N = 54) established the believability of a sexual assault scenario, the primary study randomly assigned female participants (N = 141) to a self-compassion or control condition. Participants read educational prompts (self-compassion and verbal learning or verbal learning only), completed comprehension questions, read and wrote about a hypothetical scenario from a compassionate perspective or generally, and completed the trait self-compassion scale. Regression analyses showed trait and induced self-compassion predicted less negative outcomes.

Language: en

Keywords

self-compassion; sexual assault; trauma