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Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in General Psychology; Self-Compassion; Pressure; Persistence; Performance
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Under Pressure : Self-Compassion As A Predictor Of Task Performance And Persistence, Allison Landgraf
Under Pressure : Self-Compassion As A Predictor Of Task Performance And Persistence, Allison Landgraf
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Self-compassion is a characteristic composed of self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness that promotes adaptive cognitive, behavioral, and emotional processing. A self-compassionate mindset in the face of difficulties can lead to less anxiety and more self-forgiveness, and because of these benefits, some evidence suggests self-compassionate individuals tend to persist longer on a task after an initial failure. This study focuses on the extent to which self-compassion can improve task performance and persistence under pressure. Participants first completed the Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003a) to measure trait levels of self-compassion. Self-compassion was then induced by leading participants to think about a mistake in …