Associations of self-compassion with shame, guilt, and training motivation after sport-specific daily stress – a smartphone study

Röthlin, Philipp; Horvath, Stephan; Messerli, Tania; Krieger, Tobias; Berger, Thomas; Birrer, Daniel (2022). Associations of self-compassion with shame, guilt, and training motivation after sport-specific daily stress – a smartphone study International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 21(1), pp. 90-101. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/1612197X.2021.2025134

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By applying a diary study design, we investigated the role of self-compassion during sport-specific daily stress (SSDS) with regard to the negative self-conscious emotions of shame and guilt and training motivation. We hypothesised that self-compassion would protect athletes from certain self-conscious emotions, namely shame, after SSDS. We also predicted that self-compassion would either increase or decrease the relationship between stress and motivation. Ninety-six athletes (Mage = 22.14, SD = 5.92) reported their level of self-compassion and evaluated their trainings and/or competitions over three weeks in terms of experienced stress, guilt, shame and subsequent training motivation on their smartphones. Multilevel analyses showed that SSDS was associated with more negative self-conscious emotions and reduced training motivation. Moreover, self-compassion weakened the effect of SSDS on shame and was not correlated with training motivation. We discuss the results with regard to sport psychology practice and future research.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Magglingen SFISM > EHSM - Leistungssport > Sportpsychologie
Name:	Röthlin, Philipp0000-0003-2268-571X; Horvath, Stephan; Messerli, Tania; Krieger, Tobias; Berger, Thomas and Birrer, Daniel
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
ISSN:	1557-251X
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Funders:	Organisations 100019 not found.
Language:	English
Submitter:	Philipp Röthlin
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2022 09:56
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2023 02:30
Publisher DOI:	10.1080/1612197X.2021.2025134
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.17051
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/17051