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- Title
Self-Compassion and the Self-Regulation of Exercise: Reactions to Recalled Exercise Setbacks.
- Authors
Semenchuk, Brittany N.; Strachan, Shaelyn M.; Fortier, Michelle
- Abstract
Self-compassion facilitates health behavior self-regulation; few studies have examined self-compassion and exercise. This online, cross-sectional study investigated self-compassion's relationship with exercise self-regulation of an exercise setback. Adults (N = 105) who had experienced an exercise setback within the last 6 months completed baseline measures, recalled an exercise setback, and completed questionnaires assessing self-regulation in this context. Self-compassion associated with self-determined motivations and exercise goal reengagement, and negatively related to extrinsic motivations, state rumination, and negative affect. Self-compassion predicted unique variance, beyond self-esteem, in exercise goal reengagement, external regulation, state rumination, and negative affect experienced after an exercise setback. Self-compassion and self-esteem had unique relationships with goal reengagement, state rumination, and situational motivation, while having a complementary relationship with negative affect. This research adds to the few studies that examine the role of self-compassion in exercise self-regulation by examining how self-compassion and self-esteem relate to reactions to a recalled exercise setback.
- Subjects
SELF regulation; EXERCISE; HEALTH behavior; SELF-esteem; PHYSICAL activity; EXERCISE &; psychology; EMPATHY; MOTIVATION (Psychology); SELF-perception; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 2018, Vol 40, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0895-2779
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1123/jsep.2017-0242