Self-compassion and the self-regulation of exercise: reactions to failure, fear of self-compassion and gender differences
| dc.contributor.author | Streuber, Brittany | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Johnson, Jay (Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Fortier, Michelle (Faculty of Health Sciences) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Strachan, Shaelyn (Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-06T15:37:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-06T15:37:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Kinesiology and Recreation Management | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Self-compassion facilitates health behaviour self-regulation but only a few studies have examined self-compassion and exercise self-regulation. This online, cross-sectional study investigated self-compassion’s relationship with exercise self-regulation in the context of an exercise failure and examined fear of self-compassion relative to the pursuit of exercise goals and gender differences. Adults (N = 105) who had experienced an exercise failure within the last six months completed baseline measures, recalled an exercise failure and completed questionnaires to assess self-regulation in this context. Self-compassion was negatively related to external motivation and state rumination after controlling for self-esteem. Self-compassion predicted unique variance, beyond self-esteem and age, in exercise goal re-engagement and negative affect experienced after an exercise failure. Exercisers reported low fear of self-compassion regarding self-regulating their exercise. Men reported slightly higher levels of self-compassion than women (N = 125). This research adds to the few studies that examine the role of self-compassion in exercise self-regulation | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2017 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32445 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Exercise | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self-compassion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fear of self-compassion | en_US |
| dc.title | Self-compassion and the self-regulation of exercise: reactions to failure, fear of self-compassion and gender differences | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |