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The moderated associations of self-compassion with physiological and psychological stress responses: Comparisons between cancer caregivers and non-caregivers

Published:2021-07-20 Issue: Volume: Page:135910532110309
ISSN:1359-1053
Container-title:Journal of Health Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Health Psychol

Author:

Wai Wa Chan Edward¹,Liang Li¹,Huinan Liu Nancy¹²,Hou Wai-Kai¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, China

2. Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, China

Abstract

Self-compassion has been shown to be protective against stress. Whether its stress buffering effect differs between cancer caregivers and non-caregivers is unknown. This study examined the moderating effect of self-compassion among cancer caregivers relative to non-caregivers by recruiting cancer caregivers from the hospital and a community sample matching on sex and age. Participants completed a questionnaire which comprised the self-reported anxiety (STAI-6) and self-compassion (SCS-SF) measures, and administered cortisol sample collections with Salivette tubes at home. Whereas caregivers experienced higher diurnal cortisol level, the differential protective effects of self-compassion were only present against anxiety symptoms but not physiological stress.

Funder

research grants council, university grants committee

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Applied Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13591053211030994

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