The company we keep: exploring the relationship between perceived teammate self-compassion and athlete self-compassion.
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2019
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Crozier, A.J.
Mosewich, A.D.
Ferguson, L.J.
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Psychology of Sport And Exercise, 2019; 40:152-155
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Objectives: The purpose was to explore the relationship between athletes' self-compassion and perceptions of their teammates' self-compassion (descriptive norm). A secondary purpose was to explore whether gender moderated this relationship.
Design: Cross-sectional, online survey
Method: Team sport competitive athletes (N = 108; Mₐgₑ = 23.1 years; SDₐgₑ = 4.68) reported their descriptive norm perceptions of their teammates' self-compassion as well as their own self-compassion.
Results: Hierarchical regression analysis indicated a positive relationship between descriptive norms and self-compassion, explaining 17.2% of the variance in self-compassion. The more it was perceived that teammates were engaging in self-compassion, the more likely athletes reported being self-compassionate (β = .39). There were no significant main or interaction effects of gender.
Conclusions: Athletes' self-compassion is related to their perceptions of how often their teammates are self-compassionate. Coaches and sport psychologists should encourage athletes to build awareness about how their cognitions and behaviours relate to others' cognitions and behaviours.
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Data source: Supplementary data, https.//doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.10.005
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Copyright 2018 Elsevier Accepted manuscript available after 1 January 2021