Abstract
The main focus of this study is to investigate the degree to which self-compassion and self-control buffer against hostility provoked by a negative life experience. To accomplish this inquiry pre and posttest state hostility measures were taken from sixty-six students displaying an increased negative affect following a statistics test. Repeat measures MANOVA revealed that the post measure increase in state hostility was significance (p>.05). Moreover, there was a significant interaction between self-compassion and self-control. Upon inspection of the group difference, participants with low self-compassion and low self-control score showed a significant increase on compared to pre-test scores or posttest scores compared to every other group. Correlational analysis revealed that while both variables were associated with pre and post-test measures of state hostility, Self-compassion was demonstrated to have a larger correlation than self-control. Moreover, the results, study limitations, and implications were discussed.
Highlights
The main focus of this study is to investigate the degree to which self-compassion and selfcontrol buffer against hostility provoked by a negative life experience
In order to measure the impact of self-control and self-compassion on state anger, participants were separated in groups based off of their self-control and selfcompassion scores
Subjects who scored up to the percentile were placed in the low self-compassion or self-control group, to 66 percentile were placed in the medium self-control or self-compassion group, and participants over the 66 percentile were placed in the high self-control or self-compassion group
Summary
The main focus of this study is to investigate the degree to which self-compassion and selfcontrol buffer against hostility provoked by a negative life experience. These factors include a lack of future orientation, self-centeredness, proneness to anger, lack of diligence, an orientation towards physical activities as compared to mental activities, and a preference for risk taking (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990) This theory has been interpreted to suggest that a lack of self-control creates an inability to defer gratification (Nagin & Paternoster, 1993). Research studies have found that self-control was negatively associated with aggression (Netter, Hennig, Rohrmann, Wyhlidal, & Hain-Hermann, 1998), the inability to defer gratification (Nagin & Paternoster, 1993), psychopathy (Vaughn, DeLisi, Beaver, Wright, & Howard, 2007), and violent re-offending (Grieger, Hosser, & Schmidt, 2012; Piquero, MacDonald, Dobrin, Daigle, & Cullen, 2005)
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