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9. The company we keep: Exploring the relationship between perceived teammate self-compassion and athlete self-compassion

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Amber D. Mosewich, Leah J Ferguson, Alyson J. Crozier, Crozier, Alyson J, Mosewich, Amber D, and Ferguson, Leah J

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Team sport, media_common.quotation_subject, 05 social sciences, Multilevel model, self-attitude, Cognition, Competitive athletes, 030229 sport sciences, 050105 experimental psychology, coping, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Perception, Positive relationship, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, team sport, Norm (social), sport, Psychology, social norm, Social psychology, Applied Psychology, Self-compassion, media_common
Abstract

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 = 0.39). 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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2019

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